search query: @indexterm RISK BEHAVIOUR / total: 47
reference: 28 / 47
| Author: | Beetsma, R. M. W. J. Schotman, P. C. |
| Title: | Measuring risk attitudes in a natural experiment: data from the television game show lingo |
| Journal: | Economic Journal
2001 : OCT, VOL. 111:474, p. 821-848 |
| Index terms: | LOTTERIES RISK AVERSION RISK BEHAVIOUR TELEVISION INDUSTRY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The authors use data from a television game show involving elementary lotteries as a natural experiment to measure risk attitudes. Unique features of the data set are the substantial monetary stakes and the large sample size. The authors found robust evidence of substantial risk aversion. |
SCIMA