Depression Babies: Do Macroeconomic Experiences Affect Risk Taking?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 373-416

  Malmendier, Ulrike ^a   Nagel, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREAT DEPRESSION; MACROECONOMICS; RISK FACTOR; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 79955432995     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjq004     Document Type: Article

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