Risk Aversion with Random Initial Wealth

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Publication:3911626

DOI10.2307/1912510zbMath0461.90018OpenAlexW1967658623MaRDI QIDQ3911626

Richard Kihlstrom, David Romer, Steve Williams

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1912510




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