Fire prevention and risk aversion among informal urban dwellers in Cape Town

Fire prevention and risk aversion among informal urban dwellers in Cape Town

This paper attempts to provide experimental evidence on fire prevention and risk aversion among urban informal settlers using lottery choice data with real monetary prizes. The paper estimates the risk attitudes of a sample of 174 individuals from an informal housing development in Cape Town. The em...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kanyinji, Rabson
Other Authors: Visser, Martine
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
Subjects:
Fire Prevention
Risk Aversion
Risk attitudes
Informal Settlement
Environmental Economics
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15535

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15535

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