Individual and couple decision behavior under risk: Evidence on the dynamics of power balance

Theory and Decision

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-64

  De Palma, André ^a,b,c   Picard, Nathalie ^c,d,e   Ziegelmeyer, Anthony ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^f TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balance of power; Experiments; Household decision making; Risk

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF POWER; DECISION PROCESS; HOUSEHOLD DECISIONS; JOINT DECISIONS; POWER BALANCE; RISK AVERSION; RISK PREFERENCE; RISKY DECISIONS;

EXPERIMENTS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 78650616499     PISSN: 00405833     EISSN: 15737187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-009-9179-6     Document Type: Article

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