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Who Really Wants to be a Millionaire : Estimates of Risk Aversion from Game Show Data Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Hartley, Roger (University of Manchester)
Lanot, Gauthier (Queen’s University,)
Walker, Ian (University of Warwick,)
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Paper Gauthier Lanot & Roger Hartley & Ian Walker, 2006.
"Who Really Wants to be a Millionaire? Estimates of Risk Aversion from Gameshow Data ,"
Keele Economics Research Papers
KERP 2006/07, Centre for Economic Research, Keele University.
[Downloadable!] Hartley, Roger & Lanot, Gauthier & Walker, Ian, 2006.
"Who really wants to be a millionaire? Estimates of risk aversion from gameshow data ,"
The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS)
747, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
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