We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to … mass index, are less likely to save money and show worse conduct at school. Experimental measures for risk and ambiguity …

We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to … mass index, are less likely to save money and show worse conduct at school. Experimental measures for risk and ambiguity …

individuals are found to be more risk averse, in agreement with common findings. Unlike previous studies that ascribed gender … differences in risk attitudes solely to differences in the degree utility curvature, however, our results show that this finding …

A large fraction of households have very little savings buffer and are therefore vulnerable to financial shocks. This … link to a personal web page where they can start or adjust an automatic savings plan. However, analyzing detailed bank data …, we find no treatment effect on actual savings, neither in the short run nor in the long run. Our null findings are quite …

contribution, the paper extends the smooth ambiguity model by providing a threefold disentanglement between, risk aversion … assumption of (intertemporal) risk neutrality reduces the growth effect in social discounting and significantly amplifies the … importance of risk and correlation. Second, debate and models largely overlook the difference in attitude with respect to risk …