performance, together influence the decision to hold on to or to capitulate on an investment. We study the relative contribution … decision to capitulate an investment, however, only depends directly on the expectation about the stock’s future performance …. The adaptation level, by contrast, affects the actual investment decision indirectly via its impact on expectations. …

risk, medical decision theory predicts lower treatment thresholds for risk-averse than for risk-neutral decision makers … frequency and intensity of second- and third-order risk preferences, as well as the effect of the medical decision context. Risk …-neutrality (from 50.0% to 29.3%). Risk aversion accounts for 3/4 of this effect, prudence for 1/4. Medical decision framing does not …

I experimentally examine whether feedback about others' choices provides an anchor for decision-making under ambiguity …

. Surprisingly, we have null findings for testosterone as well as estradiol and cortisol. Controlling for risk aversion does not … ; Gender ; Competition ; Aggression ; Dominance ; Risk-taking ; Endocrinological economics …

We perform a comparative analysis of five incentivized tasks used to elicit risk preferences. Theoretically, we compare … homogeneous population, we experimentally investigate the distribution of estimated risk preferences, whether they differ by … maximum likelihood. We find that the estimated risk aversion parameters vary greatly across tasks and that gender differences …

We perform a comparative analysis of five incentivized tasks used to elicit risk preferences. Theoretically, we compare … homogeneous population, we experimentally investigate the distribution of estimated risk preferences, whether they differ by … maximum likelihood. We find that the estimated risk aversion parameters vary greatly across tasks and that gender differences …

incentives. We estimate the parameterized models in the framework of cumulative prospect theory and examine the risk aversion …. -- age ; cumulative prospect theory ; risk aversion ; probability weights ; reference point …We examine generational differences in risk-taking behavior by means of a laboratory experiment with monetary …

; menstrual cycle ; gender ; likelihood of conception ; first price auction ; risk behavior ; competition ; bidding …