Subjective measures of risk aversion, fixed costs, and portfolio choice

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 564-580

  Kapteyn, Arie ^a   Teppa, Federica ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Econometric models; Fixed costs; Portfolio choice; Risk aversion; Subjective measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961172024     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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