The Relationship between Cognitive Ability and Risk Preferences in a Developing Nation: Findings from the Field
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Keywords
risk; cognitive ability; rationality; generalized axiom of revealed preference; field experiment; low incomes; developing nation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2022-06-27 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2022-06-27 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-NEU-2022-06-27 (Neuroeconomics)
- NEP-UPT-2022-06-27 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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