Risk Tolerance and Demographic Characteristics : Preliminary Irish Evidence

We examine by means of a survey of Irish adults the extent of financial risk tolerance in Irish adults. We administer the Grable & Lytton 13 item risk tolerance instrument, and find a number of stylized facts on age, gender and education levels and their impact on risk tolerance. This is to our knowledge the first comprehensive survey of Irish adults on their risk tolerance

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Lucey, Brian M.
Other Persons:	Mulholland, Megan (contributor) ; Larkin, Charles James (contributor)
Publisher:	[2012]: [S.l.] : SSRN

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (28 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments September 13, 2012 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.1969375 [DOI]
Classification:	C83 - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods ; D14 - Personal Finance ; D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; g02
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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