Risk attitudes in health: an exploratory study

Recent studies on human decision-making under uncertainty have revealed the following typical behavioral principles: (1) the importance of the status quo as a reference point ("target") for assessing outcomes, (2) the prevalence of risk-aversion for gains, i.e. above-target payoffs, but ri...

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Main Author: Breyer, Friedrich (Author)
Other Authors: Fuchs, Victor R. (Other)
Format: Book/Monograph Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass National Bureau of Economic Research April 1982
Series:NBER working paper series no. w0875
In: Working papers (no. w0875)

DOI:10.3386/w0875
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei: http://www.nber.org/papers/w0875
Verlag, kostenfrei: http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w0875
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Author Notes:Friedrich Breyer and Victor R. Fuchs
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