Risk attitudes and migration experience

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 583-596

  Balaz, Vladimir ^a   Williams, Allan M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ellsberg paradox; gender; migration; risk; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ELLSBERG PARADOX; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENDER; HOMOGENEOUS GROUP; HUMAN MIGRATION; MIGRATION; RISK AND UNCERTAINTY; RISK ATTITUDE; RISK TOLERANCE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79960918825     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2010.547256     Document Type: Article

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