Risk averters that love risk? Marginal risk aversion in comparison to a reference gamble

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 612-626

  Just, David R ^a,b,c   Lybbert, Travis J ^a,b,c  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Giannini Foundation for Agricultural Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Certainty effect; Marginal risk aversion; Probability weighting; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

MODELING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 67049162361     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2009.01273.x     Document Type: Article

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