Risk aversion: Experimental evidence from South African fishing communities

dc.creatorBrick, Kerri
dc.creatorVisser, Martine
dc.creatorBurns, Justine
dc.date2014-06-30T13:52:22Z
dc.date2014-06-30T13:52:22Z
dc.date2012
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:44Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:44Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionWe estimate the risk attitudes of a large sample of individuals from various fishing communities along the west coast of South Africa. Female fishers and rights holders are found to be more risk averse than their male counterparts, while rights holders are found to be less risk averse relative to subjects without fishing rights. Risk attitudes are found to be correlated with compliance with fisheries regulations. In particular, a greater degree of risk aversion translates into a reduction in compliance. Furthermore, in the case of gender, female fishers and rights holders are more likely to comply with fisheries regulations.
dc.identifierBrick, K., Visser, M. & Burns, J. (2012). Risk aversion: Experimental evidence from South African fishing communities, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 94(1): 133-152.
dc.identifierhttp://ajae.oxfordjournals.org/content/94/1/133
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/754
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Fishery KW - Fishing regulations KW - Risk attitudes KW - Experiments KW - Risk aversion LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Risk aversion: Experimental evidence from South African fishing communities TI - Risk aversion: Experimental evidence from South African fishing communities UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/754 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/754
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectFishery
dc.subjectFishing regulations
dc.subjectRisk attitudes
dc.subjectExperiments
dc.subjectRisk aversion
dc.titleRisk aversion: Experimental evidence from South African fishing communities
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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