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In sickness but not in wealth: Field evidence on patients’ risk preferences in the financial and health domain

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  • Miraldo, M
  • Galizzi, M
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  • Miraldo, M & Galizzi, M & Stavropoulou, C, 2013. "In sickness but not in wealth: Field evidence on patients’ risk preferences in the financial and health domain," Working Papers 31053, Imperial College, London, Imperial College Business School.
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