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Risk Attitudes, Investment Behavior and Linguistic Variation

Juliana Bernhofer, Francesco Costantini and Matija Kovacic
Published online before print May 13, 2021, 0119-9999R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.59.2.0119-9999R2
Juliana Bernhofer
Juliana Bernhofer is an honorary fellow (“cultrice della materia”) at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and a researcher at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Faculty of Economics and Management;
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Francesco Costantini
Francesco Costantini is associate professor in linguisticsat the University of Udine, Department of Humanities and Cultural Heritage Studies.
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Matija Kovacic
Matija Kovacic is an honorary fellow (“cultore della materia”) at the Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics, and a researcher at the European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra (Italy);
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