Risk aversion: Experimental evidence from South African fishing communities

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-152

  Brick, Kerri ^a   Visser, Martine ^a   Burns, Justine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

compliance; experiments; fishing rights; risk attitudes; risk aversion

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; EXPERIMENT; FISHING COMMUNITY; GENDER RELATIONS; RISK FACTOR;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84855584941     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar120     Document Type: Article

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