Relative risk aversion is constant: Evidence from panel data

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1021-1052

  Chiappori, Pierre André ^a   Paiella, Monica ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 82355170545     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4774.2011.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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