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Curtis R. Taylor

Professor of Economics
Economics
Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097
315 Social Sciences, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Conferences


The role of risk versus the role of uncertainty in economic systems

Conference Agricultural Systems · February 1, 2003 Frank Knight made an important distinction between risk and uncertainty - a distinction that continues to be blurred in economists' writings to this day. At one extreme is pure risk where probabilities can be numerically assigned exactly from objective, ph ... Full text Cite