Comparative mixed risk aversion: definition and application to self-protection and willingness to pay
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DOI: 10.1023/B:RISK.0000046146.97495.9e
Note: In : The Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 29(3), 261-276, 2004
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- Kaïs Dachraoui & Georges Dionne & Louis Eeckhoudt & Philippe Godfroid, 2004. "Comparative Mixed Risk Aversion: Definition and Application to Self-Protection and Willingness to Pay," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 29(3), pages 261-276, December.
- Dachraoui, Kais & Dionne, Georges & Eeckhoudt, Louis & Godfroid, Philippe, 2004. "Comparative mixed risk aversion: Definition and application to self-protection and willingness to pay," Working Papers 03-2, HEC Montreal, Canada Research Chair in Risk Management.
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