The Effect of an Additional Alternative on Measured Risk Preferences in a Laboratory Experiment in Peru
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- Jim Engle-Warnick & Javier Escobal & Sonia Laszlo, 2006. "The Effect Of An Additional Alternative On Measured Risk Preferences In A Laboratory Experiment In Peru," Departmental Working Papers 2006-10, McGill University, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
rural development; technology choice; risk preferences; risk measurement instruments; experimental economics; choix de la technologie; développement rural; économie expérimentale; instruments de mesure du risque; préférences à l'égard du risque;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2006-05-27 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2006-05-27 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-LAM-2006-05-27 (Central & South America)
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