Paper #361

Títol:

Does risk aversion or attraction depend on income? An experiment

Autors:

Antoni Bosch-Domènech i Joaquim Silvestre

Data:

Febrer 1999

Resum:

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.

Paraules clau:

Experimental economics, risk aversion, risk attraction, income risks, Leex

Codis JEL:

C9, D8

Àrea de Recerca:

Economia Experimental i del Comportament

Publicat a:

Economics Letters, 65, 3, (1999)

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