Experimental methods and the welfare evaluation of policy lotteries

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-360

  Harrison, Glenn W ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

experimental methods; policy evaluation; risk attitudes; subjective beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961097256     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbr029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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