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INDIVIDUAL RISK ATTITUDES: MEASUREMENT, DETERMINANTS, AND BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES

INDIVIDUAL RISK ATTITUDES: MEASUREMENT, DETERMINANTS, AND BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1221845382

INDIVIDUAL RISK ATTITUDES: MEASUREMENT, DETERMINANTS, AND BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES

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INDIVIDUAL RISK ATTITUDES: MEASUREMENT, DETERMINANTS, AND BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES

Publisher

Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc

Journal title

Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011-06, Vol.9 (3), p.522-550

Language

English

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Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc

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Contents

This paper studies risk attitudes using a large representative survey and a complementary experiment conducted with a representative subject pool in subjects' homes. Using a question asking people about their willingness to take risks "in general", we find that gender, age, height, and parental background have an economically significant impact on...

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INDIVIDUAL RISK ATTITUDES: MEASUREMENT, DETERMINANTS, AND BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1221845382

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1221845382

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ISSN

1542-4766

E-ISSN

1542-4774

DOI

10.1111/j.1542-4774.2011.01015.x

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