This paper demonstrates gender differences in risk aversion and ambiguity aversion. It also contributes to a growing … of cognition. Women are more risk averse than men. Over an initial range, women require no further compensation for the … as men. Psychological variables account for some of the interpersonal variation in risk aversion. They explain none of …

-occupancy propensities is driven by risk aversion, as it is assumed in most of the theoretical models, or on the contrary it is driven by … driven by households? risk aversion, while credit constraints play no role. …

sizable effect of risk on accumulation and pronounced interactions between wealth and risk. The presented evidence is …

's preferences in different choice domains, such as risk-taking or saving, and how preferences in different domains are related to …

are too impatient to save and too risk averse to take the sort of chances needed to accumulate wealth. The empirical … the issues confounding previous analyses of the links between risk preferences and well-being. Our sample includes more … on risk preferences, we find little evidence of robust links between risk aversion and well-being. However, when we …

Theory predicts that entrepreneurs have distinct attitudes towards risk and uncertainty, but empirical evidence is … employees (n = 2288). The results indicate that entrepreneurs perceive themselves as less risk averse than managers and …. Entrepreneurs are only found to be unique in their lower degree of loss aversion, and not in their risk or ambiguity aversion. This …

their attitudes towards risk and, as a result, the compensating differential shrinks. Last, we are also able to mimic the …

their attitudes towards risk and, as a result, the compensating differential shrinks. Last, we are also able to mimic the …