TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - An Operational Measure of Riskiness
JO  - Journal of political economy
A1  - Foster, Dean P.
A1  - Hart, Sergiu
SP  - 785
EP  - 814
VL  - 117
IS  - 5
N2  - We propose a measure of riskiness of “gambles” (risky assets) that is objective: it depends only on the gamble and not on the decision maker. The measure is based on identifying for every gamble the critical wealth level below which it becomes “risky” to accept the gamble.<p /> 
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SN  - 0022-3808
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/644840
ID  - ref1
ER  -