Inequality and risk management: evidence from a lab experiment in Ghana

DOI10.1016/J.ECONLET.2021.110235MaRDI QIDQ2126156zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Richard A. Gallenstein

Publication date 14 April 2022

Published in Economics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2021.110235

zbMATH Keywords

experimental gamesfairnessinequalityrisk-management

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental studies (91A90) Risk models (general) (91B05) Welfare economics (91B15)

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