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Analyzing Firm Response to Risk Using Mean-Variance Models

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  • Robison, Lindon J.
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  • Robison, Lindon J. & Hanson, Steven D., 1995. "Analyzing Firm Response to Risk Using Mean-Variance Models," Staff Paper Series 201207, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.201207
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