An evolutionary explanation for risk aversion
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Risk aversion; Evolution; Extinction; Having descendants forever; CRRA preference;All these keywords.
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- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
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