A Review of Behavioral Risk Research with Special Application to Developing Countries

Experimental economics grew out of a desire to produce more powerful tests of decision-making processes, as well as employ a more constructive methodology for generating new behavioral models. This paper studies the behavior regularities of individuals facing decisions involving risk or uncertainty,...

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Main Author:	Just, David R.
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	World Development Report 2008
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9036

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spelling	okr-10986-90362021-04-23T14:02:44Z A Review of Behavioral Risk Research with Special Application to Developing Countries Just, David R. World Development Report 2008 Experimental economics grew out of a desire to produce more powerful tests of decision-making processes, as well as employ a more constructive methodology for generating new behavioral models. This paper studies the behavior regularities of individuals facing decisions involving risk or uncertainty, paying particular attention to the potential applications for production and policy behavior in developing countries. Risk is widely acknowledged as a defining problem of agrarian behavior. This overview provides a deeper understanding of the costs and impacts resulting from that risk. 2012-06-26T15:35:08Z 2012-06-26T15:35:08Z 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9036 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Africa Latin America & Caribbean East Asia and Pacific
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description	Experimental economics grew out of a desire to produce more powerful tests of decision-making processes, as well as employ a more constructive methodology for generating new behavioral models. This paper studies the behavior regularities of individuals facing decisions involving risk or uncertainty, paying particular attention to the potential applications for production and policy behavior in developing countries. Risk is widely acknowledged as a defining problem of agrarian behavior. This overview provides a deeper understanding of the costs and impacts resulting from that risk.
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title	A Review of Behavioral Risk Research with Special Application to Developing Countries
title_short	A Review of Behavioral Risk Research with Special Application to Developing Countries
title_full	A Review of Behavioral Risk Research with Special Application to Developing Countries
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A Review of Behavioral Risk Research with Special Application to Developing Countries

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