The purpose of this research was to test the extent to which variability in husbands' and wives' self-assessed financial risk can be attributed to variation in risk tolerance or observer bias resulting from measurement error. Using a sample of 188 well-educated married couples, scores from the...

The assessment of financial risk tolerance, as a tool for managing expectations of portfolio volatility, is essential to goal attainment. This study compares two empirical measures of risk tolerance and separately examines the association between these measures of risk tolerance and asset...

A person's estimation of their risk tolerance, defined as the willingness to engage in financial activity whose outcome is uncertain, plays an important role in nearly all household financial decisions (Duda, Bruhin, Epper, & Schubert, 2010). Fewer errors would be observed in financial decisions...

A conceptual model of personal financial risk-taking behavior is described. The approach incorporated environmental and biopsychosocial factors associated with risk-tolerance attitudes and risk-taking financial management behavior. Findings indicated, similar to the method used to describe...

The assessment of financial risk tolerance, as a tool for managing expectations of portfolio volatility, is essential to goal attainment. This study compares two empirical measures of risk tolerance and separately examines the association between these measures of risk tolerance and asset...

Financial risk tolerance is an important concept that helps financial planners recommend financial products to their clients. As the baby boomer generation approaches retirement, research to determine how these individuals perceive financial risk tolerance has grown exponentially. The present...

Financial literacy is a key tool being used to bring economically vulnerable populations into the financial mainstream. Data from the 2013 China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) were used to investigate the impacts of various dimensions of financial literacy on the use of bank and non-bank loans...

The purpose of this poster is to describe a study that was undertaken to determine if an individual's mood is associated with the individual's responses to a set of CRRA questions. It was thought that if such an association exists, then it is likely that Loewenstein et al.'s (2001)...

The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast the predictive validity of risk tolerance questionnaires. The tested questionnaires represented measures derived from economic and psychometric theory. It was determined that questionnaires based on economic theory had similar predictive...

This content provides financial analysts, investment professionals, and financial planners with a review of how financial risk-tolerance tests can and should be evaluated. It begins by clarifying terms related to risk taking and is followed by a broad overview of two important measurement terms:...