Behavioral welfare economics and risk preferences: a Bayesian approach
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Behavioral welfare economics; Bayesian analysis; Risk preferences; Insurance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
- C11 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Bayesian Analysis: General
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- G40 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - General
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