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dc.contributor.authorOlbrich, Rolanden
dc.contributor.authorQuaas, Martin F.en
dc.contributor.authorHaensler, Andreasen
dc.contributor.authorBaumgärtner, Stefanen
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-24-
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-17T12:55:26Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-17T12:55:26Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/57150-
dc.description.abstractWe study risk preferences and their determinants for commercial cattle farmers in Namibia who are subject to high and heterogeneous precipitation risk, using data from questionnaire and field experiments, simulated data for on-farm precipitation risk and data on famers' previous place of residence. We find that the relationship between risk preferences and precipitation risk is contingent on early-life experience with this risk. We also find that adult farmers self-select themselves onto farms according to their risk preferences. Results are not confounded by background risks or liquidity constraint.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aLeuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre |cLüneburgen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper Series in Economics |x208en
dc.subject.jelD81en
dc.subject.jelQ12en
dc.subject.jelQ57en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordrisk preferencesen
dc.subject.keywordenvironmental risken
dc.subject.keywordexperimental elicitationen
dc.subject.keywordendogenous preferencesen
dc.subject.keywordself-selectionen
dc.subject.keywordfield experimenten
dc.subject.stwWeidewirtschaften
dc.subject.stwRinderhaltungen
dc.subject.stwLandwirteen
dc.subject.stwRisikopräferenzen
dc.subject.stwBodenbelastungen
dc.subject.stwNamibiaen
dc.titleRisk preferences under heterogeneous environmental risk-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn666694478en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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