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Probability weighting and loss aversion in futures hedging

✍ Scribed by Fabio Mattos; Philip Garcia; Joost M.E. Pennings

Book ID
116482317
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
387 KB
Volume
11
Category
Article
ISSN
1386-4181

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