In the dominant approach, it is assumed that risk preferences reflect the shape of utility function. Here, the alternative approach is, in which risk preferences are result of: (1) individual differences in focus on either potential or security that impacts decision weights put to good and bad...

Decision making can be a complex process requiring the integration of several attributes of choice options. Understanding the neural processes underlying (uncertain) investment decisions is an important topic in neuroeconomics. We analyzed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from...

Do women invest differently than men? We contribute to the answer of this question by analysing the Panel on Household Finances (PHF) of the German Bundesbank. This representative panel collects a wide variety of behavioural and financial variables in the area of household finance. We find that...