Many economic decisions involve a substantial amount of uncertainty, and therefore crucially depend on how individuals process probabilistic information. In this paper, we investigate the capability for probability judgment in a representative sample of the German population. Our results show...

This paper investigates whether risk aversion and impatience are correlated with cognitive ability. We conduct incentive compatible choice experiments measuring risk aversion, and impatience over an annual time horizon, for a representative sample of roughly 1,000 German adults. A measure of...

This paper presents new evidence on the distribution of risk attitudes in the population, using a novel set of survey questions and a representative sample of roughly 22,000 individuals living in Germany. Using a question that asks about willingness to take risks on an 11-point scale, we find...

This paper investigates whether risk aversion and impatience are correlated with cognitive ability. We conduct incentive compatible choice experiments measuring risk aversion, and impatience over an annual time horizon, for a representative sample of roughly 1,000 German adults. A measure of...

Is the way that people make risky choices, or tradeoffs over time, related to cognitive ability? This paper 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...

This paper presents new evidence on the distribution of risk attitudes in the population, using a novel set of survey questions and a representative sample of roughly 22,000 individuals living in Germany. Using a question that asks about willingness to take risks on an 11-point scale, we find...

Im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit steht die Formulierung eines handlungstheoretischen Konzepts zur Erklärung des Krankenstandes der Arbeitnehmer und das Aufzeigen diesbezüglicher empirischer Evidenzen. Krankmeldungen der Arbeitnehmer werden dabei als Kooperationsprobleme im Rahmen von...

Unternehmenszusammenbrüche, die oft mit fragwürdigen, teils kriminellen Bilanzierungsmethoden einhergingen, führten auch zu Kritik an Wirtschaftsprüfern. Hierauf reagierten die Gesetzgeber mit zahlreichen Reformen. Christopher Zilch untersucht, ob strengere Regulierungen zu einer...