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Risk Aversion and Rent-Seeking: An Extension and Some Experimental Evidence

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Millner, Edward L
Pratt, Michael D

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Public Choice.

Volume (Year): 69 (1991)
Issue (Month): 1 (February)
Pages: 81-92
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