Stochastic dominance and applications to finance, Risk and economics

Stochastic Dominance and Applications to Finance, Risk and Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-443

  Sriboonchitta, Songsak ^a   Wong, Wing Keung ^b   Dhompongsa, Sompong ^a   Nguyen, Hung T ^c  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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