Kleemann, Linda; Riekhof, Marie-Catherine - 2018 - This version: October 2018
Decisions involving risk are usually taken in the presence of other insurable or non-insurable risks, the latter type … called background risk. We examine how changing background risk influences risk-taking based on panel data with monthly … observations from Senegalese fishermen. Fishing income is volatile and income risk depends on weather conditions and on …