PORTFOLIO CHOICE AND RISK ATTITUDES: AN EXPERIMENT
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Economic Inquiry
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0095-2583,1465-7295
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2009.00219.x