Risk Vulnerability and the Tempering Effect of Background Risk

DOI10.2307/2171958zbMath0856.90014OpenAlexW2085274538MaRDI QIDQ4895058

Christian Gollier, John W. Pratt

Publication date: 13 October 1996

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2171958

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incomplete marketsrisk vulnerabilitybackground risk

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