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A survey measure of risk aversion

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  • Montmarquette, Claude
  • Blais, Andre

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We Use Survey Data on the Well-Being of Individuals to Measure Attitude Toward Risk. Risk Neutrality Cannot Be Rejected by the Data.
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  • Montmarquette, Claude & Blais, Andre, 1987. "A survey measure of risk aversion," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 25(1), pages 27-30.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:25:y:1987:i:1:p:27-30
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