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dc.contributor.authorVieider, Ferdinand M.de
dc.contributor.authorTruong, Nghide
dc.contributor.authorMartinsson, Peterde
dc.contributor.authorNam, Pham Khanhde
dc.contributor.authorMartinsson, Peterde
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-02T09:14:47Z
dc.date.available2016-03-02T09:14:47Z
dc.date.issued2013de
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/46322
dc.description.abstractWe obtain rich measures of risk preferences of poor farmers in Vietnam, and estimate structural models that capture risk preferences over different probability levels and across different domains (gains and losses). The results break radically with the previous literature on risk preferences, in developed and developing countries alike. Far from being particularly risk averse, our Vietnamese farmers are on average risk neutral. At the same time, we find our preference measures to perform well at predicting behavior, from the purchase of lottery tickets to risk management on the farm. We also find strong direct evidence of a risk-income paradox. While risk aversion is strongly decreasing in income within our farmer subject population, our Vietnamese farmers are significantly less risk averse than subjects in Western countries according to measurements obtained using the same decision tasks and procedures. (author's abstract)en
dc.languageende
dc.subject.ddcPsychologiede
dc.subject.ddcPsychologyen
dc.subject.ddcWirtschaftde
dc.subject.ddcEconomicsen
dc.titleRisk preferences and development revisited: a field experiment in Vietnamde
dc.description.reviewbegutachtetde
dc.description.reviewrevieweden
dc.source.volumeSP II 2013-403de
dc.publisher.countryDEU
dc.publisher.cityBerlinde
dc.source.seriesDiscussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Markt und Entscheidung, WZB-Nachwuchsgruppe Risiko und Entwicklung
dc.subject.classozSozialpsychologiede
dc.subject.classozSocial Psychologyen
dc.subject.classozWirtschaftssektorende
dc.subject.classozEconomic Sectorsen
dc.subject.thesozRisikoverhaltende
dc.subject.thesozrisk behavioren
dc.subject.thesozPräferenzde
dc.subject.thesozpreferenceen
dc.subject.thesozValiditätde
dc.subject.thesozvalidityen
dc.subject.thesozEntwicklungde
dc.subject.thesozdevelopmenten
dc.subject.thesozVietnamde
dc.subject.thesozVietnamen
dc.subject.thesozEinkommende
dc.subject.thesozincomeen
dc.subject.thesozEinflussde
dc.subject.thesozinfluenceen
dc.subject.thesozländlicher Raumde
dc.subject.thesozrural areaen
dc.rights.licenceDeposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitungde
dc.rights.licenceDeposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modificationsen
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dc.source.pageinfo55de
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dc.contributor.corporateeditorWissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
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dc.identifier.handlehttps://hdl.handle.net/10419/86143
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