Risk Aversion in the Laboratory

Glenn Harrison and E. Elisabet Rutström

A chapter in Risk Aversion in Experiments, 2008, pp 41-196 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: We review the experimental evidence on risk aversion in controlled laboratory settings. We review the strengths and weaknesses of alternative elicitation procedures, the strengths and weaknesses of alternative estimation procedures, and finally the effect of controlling for risk attitudes on inferences in experiments.

Date: 2008
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