The relationship between risk attitude and strength of preference: A test of intrinsic risk attitude

Management Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 357-370

  Smidts, Ale ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision Analysis; Relative Risk Aversion; Utility Assessment; Utility Theory; Value Assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CORRELATION METHODS; COSTS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RELATIVE RISK AVERSION; RISK ATTITUDE; UTILITY ASSESSMENT; UTILITY THEORY; VALUE ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0031084404     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.3.357     Document Type: Article

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