Risk preferences around the world

Management Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 637-648

  Rieger, Marc Oliver ^a   Wang, Mei ^b   Hens, Thorsten ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Prospect theory; Risk preferences

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; COUNTRY DIFFERENCES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; INTERNATIONAL SURVEY; PROSPECT THEORY; RISK PREFERENCE; UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85103306696     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1869     Document Type: Article

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