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Using Field Experiments to Elicit Risk and Ambiguity Preferences: Behavioural Factors and the Adoption of New Agricultural Technologies in Rural India

Patrick S. WardInternational Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Vartika SinghInternational Food Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, India
Pages 707-724 | Accepted 24 Sep 2014, Published online: 12 Jun 2015

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