The Italian version of this paper can be found at 'http://ssrn.com/abstract=2126578' http://ssrn.com/abstract=2126578.The assessment of investors' risk tolerance by investment firms is a crucial issue both for regulators and for the industry. The economic and psychological literature has...

This paper focuses on risk tolerance which clearly influences financial decision making. We explore the emotional side of a risk taking behaviour, comparing alternative measures of financial risk tolerance resulting from the consilience of various disciplines. We wonder whether we financially...

This paper investigates a condition which is preliminary to attitudes towards entrepreneurship and innovation, because it focuses on human behavior in conditions of uncertainty. It analyzes whether or not there exists a biological difference between females and males when behaving under such...