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Risk aversion and rent-seeking: An extension and some experimental evidence

✍ Scribed by Edward L. Millner; Michael D. Pratt

Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Weight: 579 KB
Volume: 69
Category: Article
ISSN: 0048-5829
DOI: 10.1007/bf00123856

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