Estimating Risk Aversion Using Individual-Level Survey Data
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Risk Aversion; Self-employment; Heterogeneity; CRRA;All these keywords.
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- C81 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
- C90 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - General
- D00 - Microeconomics - - General - - - General
- D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
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