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Can altruism lead to a willingness to take risks?

Stark, Oded - 2023

study is needed because it is unclear how altruism influences the inclination of an altruistic person to take risks. Will … ability to make altruistic transfers? Or does altruism induce a person to resort to risky behavior because the reward for a … averse than a comparable person who is not altruistic: altruism is a cause of greater willingness to take risks. The finding …

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Can altruism lead to a willingness to take risks?

Stark, Oded - 2023

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How do risk attitudes affect pro-social behavior? : theory and experiment

Fahle, Sean; Sautua, Santiago I. - In: Theory and decision : an international journal for … 91 (2021) 1, pp. 101-122

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Pure rank preferences and variation in risk-taking behavior

Stark, Oded; Budziński, Wiktor; Jakubek, Marcin - 2019

Assuming that an individual's rank in the wealth distribution is the only factor determining the individual's wellbeing, we analyze the individual's risk preferences in relation to gaining or losing rank, rather than the individual’s risk preferences towards gaining or losing absolute wealth....

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Pure rank preferences and variation in risk-taking behavior

Stark, Oded; Budziński, Wiktor; Jakubek, Marcin - 2019

Assuming that an individual’s rank in the wealth distribution is the only factor determining the individual’s wellbeing, we analyze the individual’s risk preferences in relation to gaining or losing rank, rather than the individual’s risk preferences towards gaining or losing absolute...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012104746

Eliciting preferences for risk and altruism : experimental evidence

Gauriot, Romain; Heger, Stephanie A.; Slonim, Robert - 2022

jointly elicit risk preferences and preferences for altruism. Consistent with theory, we find that the standard simplifying … assumptions about risk preferences lead to significantly biased estimates of altruism. This is particularly problematic when … comparing altruism across relevant sub-groups, such as gender and wealth, leading to possibly erroneous conclusions about which …

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Socio-economic status and inequalities in children's IQ and economic preferences

Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; Pinger, Pia; … - 2019

This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from high and low socio-economic status (SES) families. We document that children from high SES families are more intelligent, patient and altruistic, as well as less risk-seeking. To understand the underlying...

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