AMBIGUITY AVERSION AND INDIVIDUAL ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE: EVIDENCE FROM A FARMER SURVEY IN NORTHEASTERN THAILAND

Understanding the triggers of individual adaptation behavior is critical for empowering those who are highly vulnerable to climate change. This study explores effect ambiguity aversion on behaviors in context We conduct a field survey among 230 rice farmers northeastern Thailand examine association between elicited and implementation change adaptation. find that does not encourage farmers’ can even discourage uptake strategies. The role varies depending characteristics strategy: ambiguity-averse less likely adopt strategies entail shifts from status-quo. A deliberate approach needed understand outside laboratory setting reduce results concerning increasing risk.