This paper presents evidence suggesting men's (but not women's) risk and time preferences have systematically become … for 22,579 Australian-based respondents in up to 11 surveys from 2002-2015, men respond with increased risk aversion and … since 2008. This 'happiness channel' only partially explains the link between the local unemployment rate and risk …

combining data from multiple surveys, we create an integrated measure of volatility in available household resources, accounting … different groups are exposed to economic risk. As the ESI derives from a data-independent conceptual foundation, it can be …

measurement in influencing economic decisions. They attempt to measure uncertainty by indexes of volatility of the stock market … although risk can be measured, uncertainty cannot be measured. Even though risk can be measured, a simple symmetric measure … attempt at "measuring" risk or (fundamental) uncertainty is flawed. …

What is the relationship between economic growth and its volatility? Does political instability affect growth directly … or indirectly, through volatility? This paper tries to answer such questions using a power-ARCH framework with annual … legislative changes) has an indirect (through volatility) negative impact. We also find preliminary support for the idea that …

achieve similar volatility than fully deregulated labor markets. Flexibility at the margin produces a gap in separation costs … de labor market volatility. This increased volatility is partially reverted when limitations in the duration and number … explain the similar volatility observed in many regulated OECD labor markets with flexibility at the margin vis-à-vis the …

exogenous risk and delegation. That is, we show that only if exogenous risk is sufficiently large, the risk-neutral principal … may prefer to delegate authority over decisions to the risk-averse agent. Intuitively, for incentive reasons, the … principal may optimally want to allow the agent to reduce his risk exposure. Nevertheless, even endogenous risk may be higher …