How general are risk preferences? choices under uncertainty in different domains

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2606-2638

  Einav, Liran ^a   Finkelstein, Amy ^b   Pascu, Iuliana ^b   Cullen, Mark R ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84867707672     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.6.2606     Document Type: Review

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