Entrepreneurship training, risk aversion and other personality traits: Evidence from a random experiment

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 366-378

  Fairlie, Robert W ^a   Holleran, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84856115870     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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