-coded administrative wage data from the German IAB Employment Sample (IABS). We then relate these robust measures of earnings risk to the … risk attitudes of individuals working in these occupations. We find that willingness to take risk is positively correlated … with the wage dispersion of an individual's occupation. -- dispersion estimation ; earnings risk ; censoring ; quantile …

different groups are exposed to economic risk. As the ESI derives from a data-independent conceptual foundation, it can be …

The risk of default that business firms face is very significant and differs widely across countries. This paper … explores the links between countries' business conditions and international trade embedment and the default risk at the country … default risk of firms which operate in these environments. The predictions are in accord with readily available data. -- firm …

and price of unsecured debt. -- household debt portfolios ; housing ; collateral ; bankruptcy ; commitment ; income risk …

investigation of the underlying mechanisms reveals that emotional attachment and intergenerational transmission of risk attitudes …

chairman and share of women in the boardroom) and firm's risk attitudes measured as variability in four firm outcome variables … (investments, profits, return to equity, and sales). Using a merged employer-employee panel sample of Danish companies with more … than 50 employees, we find extensive evidence of a negative association between female CEO and firm's risk attitudes. This …