and the pure time discount rate, there is distributional neutrality between the two periods. Otherwise, changes of risk …

We show how optimal saving in a two-period model is affected when prudence and risk aversion of the underlying utility … and the pure time discount rate, there is distributional neutrality between the two periods. Otherwise, changes of risk …

We use data on insurance deductible choices to estimate a structural model of risky choice that incorporates 'standard …' risk aversion (diminishing marginal utility for wealth) and probability distortions. We find that probability distortions … important role in explaining the aversion to risk manifested in deductible choices. This finding is robust to allowing for …

How does risk affect saving? Empirical work typically examines the effects of detectible differences in risk within the … data. How these differences affect saving in theoretical models depends on the metric one uses for risk. For labor …-income risk, second-degree increases in risk require prudence to induce increased saving demand. However, prudence is not …

consequences. Although risk preferences are likely important, existing research is silent about how social and risk preferences … not exposed to risk while beneficiaries' final earnings may be larger or smaller than the allocation itself, depending on … the realized state of the world. In a second experiment, risk affects the earnings of givers but not of beneficiaries. We …

risk preferences. Here, we develop an analogous tool for choice under uncertainty – the ambiguity triangle – and show that …

Although risk aversion has been used in economic models for over 275 years, the past few decades have shown how higher … order risk attitudes are also quite important. A behavioral approach to defining such risk attitudes was developed by … lattices can be extended in order to develop a better understanding of higher order risk attitudes …

Under conditions of risk it makes a difference whether the discount rate is determined as an expected present or as an …