Shared losses reduce sensitivity to risk: A laboratory study of moral hazard
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Moral hazard; Risk; Shared losses; Decision making;All these keywords.
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- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General
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