Risk attitude and market behavior: Evidence from experimental asset markets

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 338-350

  Fellner, Gerlinde ^a   Maciejovsky, Boris ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary lottery choices; Experimental asset markets; Gender differences; Individual risk attitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248550068     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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