Risk pooling, risk preferences, and social networks

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-167

  Attanasio, Orazio ^a   Barr, Abigail ^b   Cardenas, Juan Camilo ^c   Genicot, Garance ^d   Meghir, Costas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862867724     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.4.2.134     Document Type: Article

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