Does risk aversion or attraction depend on income? An experiment


Autoria(s): Bosch-Domènech, Antoni; Silvestre, Joaquim
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa

Data(s)

15/09/2005

Resumo

Does risk attitude (aversion or attraction) vary with the level of the income at risk? About half of our subjects chose to insure all levels, whereas another half chose instead not to insure low levels, but to insure high levels.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10230/1052

Idioma(s)

eng

Direitos

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Palavras-Chave #Behavioral and Experimental Economics #experimental economics #risk aversion #risk attraction #income risks #leex
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper