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First Order Versus Second Order Risk Aversion

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  • Uzi Segal

    (University of Toronto)

  • Avia Spivak

    (Ben Gurion University)

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  • Uzi Segal & Avia Spivak, 1988. "First Order Versus Second Order Risk Aversion," UCLA Economics Working Papers 540, UCLA Department of Economics.
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