loss aversion or by violations of the Reduction Axiom. We validate the task and test its robustness in a large … gap that often characterizes choices under uncertainty by means of a higher loss rather than risk aversion …

Loss aversion can occur in riskless and risky choices. Yet, there is no evidence whether people who are loss averse in … riskless choices are also loss averse in risky choices. We measure individual-level loss aversion in riskless choices in an … manufacturer). All subjects also participate in a simple lottery choice task which arguably measures loss aversion in risky choices …

We report the results of a laboratory experiment testing for the existence of loss aversion in a standard risk aversion … incentivized risk preference elicitation task. We find loss aversion, distinct from risk aversion, has a significant effect on …

We explore the relationship between gambling and other forms of risk-taking behaviour, i.e. exposure to debt and the … Expenditure and Food Surveys (EFS), 2001 to 2007. Gambling and the use of credit are shown to be positively correlated at the … household level. While both the incidence and amount of gambling vary according to household income, the positive association …