take risk as measured by the general risk question. We demonstrate that this disposition, which we call risk conception, is … strongly associated with optimism, a stable facet of personality and that it predicts real-life risk taking. The general risk … question captures this disposition alongside pure risk preference. This enlightens why the general risk question is a better …

Using a specially designed experiment, we investigate whether and how interdependence in risk exposure i.e., risk … taking by some members of a potential risk sharing group affecting not only their own but also their co-members risk exposure …, affects both risk taking and ex post sharing. The experimental subjects were Sri Lankan small-holders who face interdependent …

form of risk taking aimed at regaining rank, and it is the engagement in risk-taking behavior that is the cause of an … standing) and stress, do not refer to risk taking at all. We present four strands of research that lend support to our …, individuals resort to risk-taking behavior aimed at regaining their lost rank; evidence that there exists a link between …

We report a controlled laboratory experiment examining risk-taking and information aggregation in groups facing a … common risk. The experiment allows us to examine how subjects respond to new information, in the form of both privately …

We report an experiment examining risk taking and information aggregation in groups. Group members come to the table … with an individual preference for a choice under risk, based on privately received information, and can share this … information with fellow group members. They then make a decision under risk on behalf of the group using a random dictatorship …

We present first evidence how individual risk preferences shape entrepreneurial investment among the very wealthy using … standard measure of risk tolerance. We find that wealthy individuals are more likely to be entrepreneurs and invest a larger … ways strongly determined by individual risk tolerance. Since the wealthy dominate aggregate risky investment, their risk …

about risk, time-discounting and altruism in variations of two conditions: 'Quantitative First' and 'Qualitative First'. We … patience and altruism while using quantitative items first increases the cross-method correlation for risk and time preferences …

-coded administrative wage data from the German IAB Employment Sample (IABS). We then relate these robust measures of earnings risk to the … risk attitudes of individuals working in these occupations. We find that willingness to take risk is positively correlated … with the wage dispersion of an individual's occupation. -- dispersion estimation ; earnings risk ; censoring ; quantile …

This paper examines whether risk-taking in a lottery depends on the opportunity to respond to the lottery outcome …/or extra labor effort. We find strong evidence that ex-post access to labor opportunities reduces ex-ante risk willingness … while access to tax evasion has no effect on risk behavior. We discuss possible explanations for this result based on the …

We run a novel experiment to explore the relationship between the perception of real-life risks and the demand for risk … life. For each risk, subjects can pay premiums in order to reduce the likelihood of total bankruptcy. Our results show a … complex interplay of mortality perception and demand for risk reduction. We observe that perceived annual mortality positively …