This paper presents new evidence on the distribution of risk attitudes in the population, using a novel set of survey … representative sample of 450 subjects, and find that the general risk question is a good predictor of actual risk-taking behavior. We … then use a more standard lottery question to measure risk preferences in our sample of 22,000, and find similar results …

The paper reports the result of an experimental game on asset integration and risk taking. We find evidence that … winnings in earlier rounds affect risk taking in subsequent rounds, but no evidence that real life wealth outside the … experiment affects risk taking. We find some evidence of imitation of the risk taking behavior of others that is distinct from …

investigates whether there is a link between cognitive ability, risk aversion, and impatience, using a representative sample of the … population and incentive compatible measures. We conduct choice experiments measuring risk aversion, and impatience over an … conducted in subjects' own homes. We find that lower cognitive ability is associated with greater risk aversion, and more …

investigates whether there is a link between cognitive ability, risk aversion, and impatience, using a representative sample of the … population and incentive compatible measures. We conduct choice experiments measuring risk aversion, and impatience over an … conducted in subjects' own homes. We find that lower cognitive ability is associated with greater risk aversion, and more …

, have lower preferences than men for risk and competition, and may be more sensitive to social cues. These gender …

This paper presents experimental evidence that when individuals are about to make a given decision under risk, they are …

utility function. We then fit the experimental choices to this model to assess the risk attitude of our subjects. Despite the … substantial heterogeneity across subjects, decreasing absolute risk aversion and increasing relative risk aversion are the most … prevalent risk types, and we can classify more than 50% of the subjects in this combined category. We also find evidence of …

This experimental study is concerned with the impact of the timing of the resolution of risk on people’s willingness to … inferred from decisions regarding hypothetical choice problems, we had participants put their own money at risk in a real … period under delayed resolution (which involved two days). Affective traits and risk attitudes were measured through a web …