Health Benefits and Uncertainty: An Experimental Analysis of the Effects of Risk Presentation on Auction Bids for a Healthful Product

Experimental subjects receive a different presentation of a food product's potential health risk reductions if people habitually eat it, and then asked to bid for the product. Results suggest that the bids vary across the groups that receive differing risk information.

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Shaw, W. Douglass ; Nayga Jr., Rodolfo M. ; Silva, Andres
Institutions:	Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
Subject:	Health risks \| experimental economics \| auctions \| uncertainty \| Risk and Uncertainty

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Department of Agricultural Economics>Discussion Papers Number 23961
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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