The Impact of Incentives Upon Risky Choice Experiments

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-168

  Beattie, Jane ^a   Loomes, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Experiments; Incentives; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031481103     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007721327452     Document Type: Article

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