-and-after data from hospital wards. We test for the causal effects of learning child gender upon people's degree of risk … twice as risk-averse as parents of sons. The study demonstrates this in longitudinal ('switching') data and cross …

The relationship between risk in the environment, risk aversion and inequality aversion is not well understood … with varying degrees of risk (“endowment risk”) influence individual behavior. We derive theoretical predictions for these … games using utility functions that capture additively separable constant relative risk aversion and inequity aversion. We …

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. …

This paper re-examines the performance of REITs, stocks, and fixed-income assets based on the preferences of risk …-averse and risk-seeking investors using mean-variance and stochastic dominance approaches. Our findings indicate no first … order to maximize their expected utility, the risk-averse prefer fixed-income assets over real estate, which, in turn, is …