Portfolio Choice Problems

Handbook of Financial Econometrics, Vol 1

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 269-336

  Brandt, Michael W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-50897-3.50008-0     Document Type: Chapter

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