Risk Aversion: Experimental Evidence from South African Fishing Communities

• Published in: American journal of agricultural economics Vol. 94; no. 1; pp. 133 - 152
• Main Authors: Brick, Kerri, Visser, Martine, Burns, Justine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2012
• Subjects: attitudes and opinions; compliance; fisheries; fisheries law; gender; risk; South Africa
• ISSN: 0002-9092; 1467-8276
• DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar120

We 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 su...