Measures of Risk Attitudes: Correspondences between Mean-Variance- and Expected Utility Approach∗
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* We thank Fatma Lajeri-Chaherli for helpful comments on a previous version. We also owe thanks to Marco LiCalzi and two anonymous referees for advice and fruitful criticism.
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