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We use a repeated incentivized risk experiment in rural Thailand to test determinants of changes in the level of …- andmicro-level shocks. Strong macroeconomic recovery following the 2007/08 financial crisis makes people more risk … negative economic and agricultural shocks increase risk aversion. Subjective perceptions of well-being and expectations also …
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This paper experimentally investigates whether risk-averse individuals punish less if the outcome of punishment is uncertain than when it is certain. Our design includes three treatments: Baseline in which the one-shot prisoner’s dilemma game is played; Certain Punishment in which the...
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candidate is expectations: what people expect could affect how they feel about what actually occurs. In a real-effort experiment …
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candidate is expectations: what people expect could affect how they feel about what actually occurs. In a real-effort experiment …
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candidate is expectations: what people expect could affect how they feel about what actually occurs. In a real-effort experiment …
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In this paper we study the link between women's responsibility for children and their preferences. We use a large random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed survey data. We find more patient choices among women...
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perform a large 'lab-in-the-field' experiment comparing entrepreneurs to managers - a suitable comparison group - and …
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) maize was recently introduced. A field experiment, eliciting relative risk aversion, loss aversion and subjective … drought and other shocks. More risk averse households were more likely to have adopted DT maize, less likely to have adopted … other improved maize varieties and less likely to have dis-adopted traditional local maize. Exposure to past drought shocks …
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Seit Beginn der Transformation haben in den Ländern Mittel- und Osteuropas (MOEL) die interregionalen Disparitäten zugenommen. Insbesondere die Stadt-Land-Gegensätze haben sich verstärkt. Dieser Beitrag zeigt die Entwicklung der Disparitäten auf und diskutiert auf der Basis theoretischer...
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This study questions the popular stereotype that women are more risk averse than men in their financial investment decisions. The analysis is based on micro-level data from large-scale surveys of private households in five European countries. In our analysis of investment decisions, we directly...
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