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 …

early periods. Risk attitudes measured with a subsequent lottery-choice experiment do not correlate with the behavior … abstract from confounding effects of reciprocal behavior, we design an experiment where a public official decides upon … accepting a bribe that leads to a higher present period income while facing the risk of being audited and being left with a …

Single-sex classes within coeducational environments are likely to modify students' risk-taking attitudes in … economically important ways. To test this, we designed a controlled experiment using first year college students who made choices …

We find a strong relationship between risk-loving preferences and cognitive ability which becomes stronger as adherence … relationship between risk preferences and cognitive ability for the human population as a whole irrespective of socio …

Risk theories typically assume individuals make risky choices using probability weights that differ from objective …

We consider the external validity of laboratory measures of risk attitude. Based on a large-scale experiment using a … laboratory risky financial decisions, and (ii) behavior in naturally-occurring field behavior under risk (financial, health and … employment decisions). We find that measures of risk attitude are related to behavior in laboratory financial decisions and the …

In this paper we utilise data from a unique new birth‐cohort study to see how the risk preferences of young people are … entrance at age 18) has no effect on risk preferences measured at age 20. This is in contrast to experimental studies that use … between the impact of gender on risk attitudes and the hypothetical lottery investment suggests that impatience and framing …

investigates whether there is a link between cognitive ability, risk aversion, and impatience, using a representative sample of the … population and incentive compatible measures. We conduct choice experiments measuring risk aversion, and impatience over an … in the experiments, and with greater risk aversion. This relationship is robust to controlling for personal …

This paper provides evidence on the impacts of non-cognitive skills and attitudes towards risk on the decision to …