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Estimating risk preferences in the presence of bifurcated wealth dynamics: can we identify static risk aversion amidst dynamic risk responses?

Estimating risk preferences is tricky because controlling for confounding factors is difficult. Omitting or imperfectly controlling for these factors can attribute too much observable behaviour to risk aversion and bias estimated preferences. Agents often modify risky decisions in response to dynami...

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Published in:European review of agricultural economics 2013-03, Vol.40 (2), p.361-377
Main Authors: Lybbert, Travis J, Just, David R, Barrett, Christopher B
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