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References for Measuring individual risk preferences
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Further reading
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Key references
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Becker, G. M., DeGroot, M. H., Marschak, J. "Measuring utility
by a single-response sequential method" Behavioral
Science 9:3 (1964): 226–232. Key reference: [1]
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Dave, C., Eckel, C. C., Johnson, C. A., Rojas, C. "Eliciting risk
preferences: When is simple better?" Journal of Risk
and Uncertainty 41:3 (2010): 219–243. Key reference: [2]
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Dohmen, T., Falk, A., Huffman, D., Sunde, U., Schupp, J., Wagner, G. G. "Individual risk
attitudes: Measurement, determinants, and behavioral
consequences" Journal of the
European Economic Association 9:3 (2011): 522–550. Key reference: [3]
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Falk, A., Becker, A., Dohmen, T., Enke, B., Huffman, D., Sunde, U. The Nature and
Predictive Power of Preferences: Global Evidence IZA Discussion
Paper No.9504, 2015. Key reference: [4]
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Galizzi, M. M., Machado, S. R., Miniaci, R. Temporal
Stability, Cross-validity, and External Validity of Risk
Preferences Measures: Experimental Evidence from a UK
Representative Sample LSE Working
Paper No., 2016. Key reference: [5]
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Weber, E. U., Blais, A. -R., Betz, N. E. "A domain-specific
risk-attitude scale: Measuring risk perceptions and risk
behaviors" Journal of
Behavioral Decision Making 15:4 (2002): 263–290. Key reference: [6]
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Holt, C. A., Laury, S. K. "Risk aversion and
incentive effects" American Economic
Review 92:5 (2002): 1644–1655. Key reference: [7]
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Binswanger, H. P. "Attitudes toward
risk: Theoretical implications of an experiment in rural
India" Economic
Journal 91:364 (1981): 867–890. Key reference: [8]
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Eckel, C. C., Grossman, P. J. "Forecasting risk
attitudes: An experimental study using actual and forecast
gamble choices" Journal of
Economic Behavior & Organization 68:1 (2008): 1–17. Key reference: [9]
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Charness, G., Gneezy, U., Imas, A. "Experimental
methods: Eliciting risk preferences" Journal of
Economic Behavior & Organization 87 (2013): 43–51. Key reference: [10]
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Gneezy, U., Potters, J. "An experiment on
risk taking and evaluation periods" The Quarterly
Journal of Economics 112:2 (1997): 631–645. Key reference: [11]
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Crosetto, P., Filippin, A. "A theoretical and
experimental appraisal of four risk elicitation methods" Experimental
Economics 19:3 (2016): 613–641. Key reference: [12]
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Andersson, O., Holm, H. J., Tyran, J. R., Wengström, E. "Risk aversion
relates to cognitive ability: Preferences or noise?" Journal of the
European Economic Association 14:5 (2016): 1129–1154. Key reference: [13]
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Becker, G. M., DeGroot, M. H., Marschak, J. "Measuring utility
by a single-response sequential method" Behavioral
Science 9:3 (1964): 226–232.
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Additional References
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