controlling for differential risk attitudes. Our empirical investigation is based on a dataset drawn from the 1989-2006 Bank of …

the desire to send positive signals to others about one's own skill; this suggests a either a bias in judgment, strategic …

This paper presents new evidence on the distribution of risk attitudes in the population, using a novel set of survey … sample of 450 subjects, and find that the measure is a good predictor of actual risk-taking behavior. We use a more standard … lottery question to measure risk preference, and find similar results regarding heterogeneity and determinants of risk …

individuals are found to be more risk averse, in agreement with common findings. Unlike previous studies that ascribed gender … differences in risk attitudes solely to differences in the degree utility curvature, however, our results show that this finding …

We study the influence of risk and time preferences on trust and trustworthiness by conducting a field experiment in …. We find that while probability sensitivity or risk aversion do not affect trust, loss aversion influences trust … indirectly by lowering the expectations of return. Also, more risk averse and less present biased participants are found to be …

We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to …) and are less likely to save money. Experimental measures for risk and ambiguity attitudes are only weak predictors of …

. Spouses have to choose between risky lotteries, first separately and then jointly. We find that spouses' individual risk …

We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to …) and are less likely to save money. Experimental measures for risk and ambiguity attitudes are only weak predictors of …

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 …

behaviour in this unusual market. Participants have lower risk tolerance and higher patience levels than the Iranian average but …