Chiappori, Pierre-André; Krislert Samphantharak; … - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 5 (2014) 1, pp. 1-27
, we measure heterogeneity in risk aversion among households in Thai villages using a full risk-sharing model, which we … then test allowing for this heterogeneity. There is substantial, statistically significant heterogeneity in estimated risk … preferences are unrelated to wealth or other characteristics. The heterogeneity matters for policy: Although the average household …