Measuring Risk Preferences in Rural Ethiopia : Risk Tolerance and Exogenous Income Proxies

Risk-aversion has generally been found to decrease in income. This may lead one to expect that poor countries will be more risk-averse than rich countries. Recent comparative findings with students, however, suggest the opposite, giving rise to a r...

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Main Authors: Vieider, Ferdinand M., Beyene, Abebe, Bluffstone, Randall, Dissanayake, Sahan, Gebreegziabher, Zenebe, Martinsson, Peter, Mekonnen, Alemu
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23026054/measuring-risk-preferences-rural-ethiopia-risk-tolerance-exogenous-income-proxies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21135