Inducing risk neutral preferences with binary lotteries: A reconsideration

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 145-159

  Harrison, Glenn W ^a   Martínez Correa, Jimmy ^b   Swarthout, J Todd ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary lottery procedure; Experimental economics; Risk neutrality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886588949     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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