Estimating risk attitudes in Denmark: A field experiment

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-368

  Harrison, Glenn W ^a   Lau, Morten I ^b   Rutström, E Elisabet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Risk aversion; Socio demographic characteristics

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34548316609     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2007.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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