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Comparison of the investment behavior of German and Kazahkhstani farmers : an experimental approach
Tubetov, Dulat; Maart-Nölck, Syster Christin; … - 2012
fact might be the different investment behavior of farmers in the two countries. We experimentally analyze whether the … investment behavior of farmers is consistent with the normative benchmarks of the net present value criterion or the real options … approach. Furthermore, we experimentally compare the investment behavior of farmers in the two countries in an agricultural and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010235148
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Causal Effects of Linguistic Uncertainty on Risk Perception and Investment Behavior
Theil, Kilian; Daube, Jens; Stuckenschmidt, Heiner - 2022
language may influence risk perception and investment behavior, no study has explored the causal effects of linguistic … investors to earnings call excerpts with randomized levels of uncertainty. The subjects were engaged in an investment game and … investment decisions is amplified by risk perception. Investor characteristics that significantly affect their risk perception …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013307955
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Individual-level loss aversion in riskless and risky choices
Gächter, Simon; Johnson, Eric J.; Herrmann, Andreas; … - 2007
Loss aversion can occur in riskless and risky choices. Yet, there is no evidence whether people who are loss averse in riskless choices are also loss averse in risky choices. We measure individual-level loss aversion in riskless choices in an endowment effect experiment by eliciting both WTA and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003502465
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Measuring individual risk attitudes in the lab : task or ask? ; an empirical comparison
Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik; Verkasalo, Markku; Walkowitz, Gari; … - 2011 - This version: March 13, 2011
This paper compares two prominent empirical measures of individual risk attitudes - the Holt and Laury (2002) lottery-choice task and the multi-item questionnaire advocated by Dohmen, Falk, Huffman, Schupp, Sunde and Wagner (forthcoming) - with respect to (a) their within-subject stability over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008939590
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Patient preferences and treatment thresholds under diagnostic risk : an economic laboratory experiment
Krieger, Miriam; Mayrhofer, Thomas - 2012
We study risk aversion and prudence in medical treatment decisions. In a laboratory experiment, we investigate the frequency and intensity of second- and third-order risk preferences, as well as the effect of the medical decision context. Risk preferences are assessed through treatment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579277
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Measuring individual risk attitudes in the lab : task or ask? ; an empirical comparison
Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik; Verkasalo, Markku; Walkowitz, Gari; … - 2014
This paper compares two prominent empirical measures of individual risk attitudes — the Holt and Laury (2002) lottery-choice task and the multi-item questionnaire advocated by Dohmen, Falk, Huffman, Schupp, Sunde and Wagner (2011) — with respect to (a) their within-subject stability over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247341
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Measuring individual risk attitudes in the lab : task or ask? ; an empirical comparison
Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik; Verkasalo, Markku; Walkowitz, Gari; … - 2014
This paper compares two prominent empirical measures of individual risk attitudes - the Holt and Laury (2002) lottery-choice task and the multi-item questionnaire advocated by Dohmen, Falk, Huffman, Schupp, Sunde and Wagner (2011) - with respect to (a) their within-subject stability over time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250131
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Individual risk attitudes : new evidence from a large, representative, experimentally-validated survey
Dohmen, Thomas (contributor) - 2005
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003085747
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Measuring Individual Risk Attitudes in the Lab : Task or Ask? An Empirical Comparison
Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik - 2011
This paper compares two prominent empirical measures of individual risk attitudes - the Holt and Laury (2002) lottery-choice task and the multi-item questionnaire advocated by Dohmen, Falk, Huffman, Schupp, Sunde and Wagner (forthcoming) - with respect to (a) their within-subject stability over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133876
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Measuring Individual Risk Attitudes in the Lab : Task or Ask? An Empirical Comparison
Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik - 2014
This paper compares two prominent empirical measures of individual risk attitudes - the Holt and Laury (2002) lottery-choice task and the multi-item questionnaire advocated by Dohmen, Falk, Huffman, Schupp, Sunde and Wagner (2011) - with respect to (a) their within-subject stability over time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056845