Measuring risk attitudes in a natural experiment: Data from the television game show lingo

Economic Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 474, 2001, Pages 821-848

  Beetsma, Roel M W J ^a   Schotman, Peter C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0013204557     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00661     Document Type: Article

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