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Insurance demand and the elasticity of risk aversion

โœ Scribed by Harald L. Battermann; Udo Broll; Jack E. Wahl


Publisher
Springer
Year
2002
Tongue
German
Weight
82 KB
Volume
24
Category
Article
ISSN
0171-6468

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