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Fixed versus variable reference points in the risk-return relationship

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  • Gooding, Richard Z.
  • Goel, Sanjay
  • Wiseman, Robert M.

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  • Gooding, Richard Z. & Goel, Sanjay & Wiseman, Robert M., 1996. "Fixed versus variable reference points in the risk-return relationship," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 29(2), pages 331-350, March.
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