Measuring risk attitudes among Mozambican farmers

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 111, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-74

  de Brauw, Alan ^a   Eozenou, Patrick ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Lab in the field experiment; Mozambique; Risk preferences

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FARMERS ATTITUDE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84907954082     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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