In this paper I analyze operational measure of riskiness defi ned by Foster and Hart (2007). I give simple intuition behind their main result. Then I extend the concept of riskiness measure in two respects - I de fine a generalized riskiness measure based on decreasing absolute risk aversion...

Measuring risk aversion is sensitive to assumptions about the wealth in subjects' utility functions. Data from the same subjects in low- and high-stake lottery decisions allow estimating the wealth in a pre-specified one-parameter utility function simultaneously with risk aversion. This paper...

We use a laboratory experiment to identify the impact of risk in the private and public dimensions of social investments. In variants of a public good game, we separate the return a subject's investment generates for herself vs. the return to others. We find a detrimental effect of risk on...