Attitudes toward Uncertainty among the Poor: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
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- Akay, Alpaslan & Martinsson, Peter & Medhin, Haileselassie & Trautmann, Stefan, 2010. "Attitudes Toward Uncertainty Among the Poor: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia," RFF Working Paper Series dp-10-04-efd, Resources for the Future.
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Keywords
ambiguity attitudes; risk attitudes; cultural differences; poverty;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2009-07-03 (Africa)
- NEP-AGR-2009-07-03 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-CBE-2009-07-03 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2009-07-03 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
- NEP-NEU-2009-07-03 (Neuroeconomics)
- NEP-UPT-2009-07-03 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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