On the measurement of risk aversion from experimental data

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2443-2451

  Wik, Mette ^a   Kebede, Tewodros Aragie ^a   Bergland, Olvar ^a   Holden, Stein T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZAMBIA;

EID: 10844278369     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000280580     Document Type: Article

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