Using farm consumption data to estimate the intertemporal elasticity of substitution and relative risk aversion coefficients

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-70

  Abdulkadri, Abdullahi O ^a   Langemeier, Michael R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation bias; Coefficients of relative risk aversion; Farm household consumption; Intertemporal elasticity of substitution; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946742221     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00214690080001110     Document Type: Article

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