Common components of risk and uncertainty attitudes across contexts and domains: Evidence from 30 countries

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 421-452

  Vieider, Ferdinand M ^a   Lefebvre, Mathieu ^b   Bouchouicha, Ranoua ^c   Chmura, Thorsten ^d   Hakimov, Rustamdjan ^a   Krawczyk, Michal ^e   Martinsson, Peter ^f  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b Lameta and University of Montpellier 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84929834654     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12102     Document Type: Article

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