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Age, Gender, and Risk-Taking : Evidence from the S&P 1500 Executives and Market-Based Measures of Firm Risk

Peltomäki, Jarkko - 2020

This paper contributes to the literature by examining whether the age and gender of the firm's top executives influence market-based measures of firm risk. Using data on the S&P 1500 firms, we document that CEO and CFO age and gender have a direct effect on market-based firm risk measures in...

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GSE exposure and risk-taking in uncertain times

Elul, Ronel; Gupta, Deeksha; Musto, David K. - 2020

When home prices threaten to decline, lenders bearing more of a community's mortgage risk have an incentive to combat this decline with new lending that boosts demand. We test whether this incentive drove the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) to guarantee riskier mortgages in early 2007,...

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The Governance, Risk-Taking, and Performance of Islamic Banks

Mollah, Sabur - 2016

We examine whether the difference in governance structures influences the risk taking and performance of Islamic banks compared to conventional banks. Using a sample of 52 Islamic banks and 104 conventional banks in 14 countries for the period from 2005 to 2013, we conclude that the governance...

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Perceived vulnerability to downside risk

Povel, Felix - 2009 - September 2009, Second draft

In this paper we propose an approach to vulnerability called perceived vulnerability to downside risk. We argue that the other concepts of vulnerability, though partially adhering to the focus axiom, do not exclusively consider downside risks in their measures. The reason for this is that most...

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The Psychology of Risk

Ricciardi, Victor - 2010

risk-related topics of standard finance are classical decision theory, rationality, risk-averse behavior, modern portfolio … theory, and the capital asset pricing model. The behavioral finance viewpoint examines both the quantitative (objective) and … issues of decision-making. The risk-oriented subjects of behavioral finance are behavioral decision theory, bounded …

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Strategic Risk, Risk Perception and Risk Behaviour : Meta-Analysis

Cooper, Tom - 2012

We examine the effects of strategic risk perception on behaviour through the meta-analysis of five studies. The extant literature suggests that if risk perception is high it can decrease risk-taking behaviour. The direction of the impact is generally accepted in the business and research...

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Two-Factor Risk Preference for Investment Market and Credit Card Risk

Payne, Patrick - 2018

This study proposes a new “two-factor” risk preference metric and assesses its effectiveness in predicting financial satisfaction under two risk domains: investment market risk and credit card risk. The factors in our two-factor assessment are risk tolerance and financial self-efficacy...

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The Analysis of Portfolio Risk Management Using VAR Approach Based on Investor Risk Preference

Suwarno, Agus - 2018

Ackert and Deaves (2010) said that most people have tendency to being risk averse, but with appropriate amount of compensation, people may take more risk. Understanding those circumstances, this research trying to figure risk involved in a Mean-Variance Model. This model has taken consideration...

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Financial Risk Taste, Business Cycles and Perceived Risk Exposure

Bucciol, Alessandro - 2015

We use a panel dataset from the Dutch Household Survey, covering annually the period 1995-2012, to analyse whether individual financial risk taste changes over time with the background macroeconomic and financial conditions, as well as personal and subjective exposure to portfolio risk....

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Domain-specific risk-taking among finance professionals

Razen, Michael; Kirchler, Michael; Weitzel, Utz - 2019

Risk-assessment and risk-taking in various forms are among the most important tasks financial professionals face in their daily work. A large body of experimental studies has shown a substantial effect of the decision domain (gain vs loss domain) on risk-taking, predominantly among students. In...

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