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We analyze one of the explanations why people participate in lotteries. Our hypothesis stipulates that part of the … value that a unit of money buys in lotteries is consumed before the actual resolution in the form of emotions such as hope … emotions. This conjecture is tested in an experiment with real lottery tickets. We show that our theoretical considerations may …
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We analyze one of the explanations why people participate in lotteries. Our hypothesis stipulates that part of the … value that a unit of money buys in lotteries is consumed before the actual resolution in the form of emotions such as hope … emotions. This conjecture is tested in an experiment with real lottery tickets. We show that our theoretical considerations may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008513217
participate in lotteries. Our hypothesis stipulates that part of the value that a unit of money buys in lotteries is consumed … prefer a delayed resolution of risk due to positive anticipatory emotions. This conjecture is tested in an experiment with …
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We use a controlled experiment to analyze gender differences in risk preferences and stereotypes about risk preferences …
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We confront a representative sample of one 1,102 Dutch individuals with a series of incentivized investment decisions and also elicit their time preferences. There are two treatments that differ in the frequency at which individuals decide about the invested amount. The low frequency treatment...
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Social lotteries are lotteries that are played along with someone else. The experimental literature indicates that risk … explicitly draws attention to risk at the level of the pair and may thus moderate dislike for negatively correlated lotteries, as … those are less risky at the level of the group. We find that a significant minority of subjects keeps on disliking lotteries …
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We use a novel method to elicit and measure higher order risk preferences (prudence and temperance) in an experiment …
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We use a novel method to elicit and measure higher order risk preferences (prudence and temperance) in an experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270596
We use a novel method to elicit and measure higher order risk preferences (prudence and temperance) in an experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270691
We use a novel method to elicit and measure higher order risk preferences (prudence and temperance) in an experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271496