We test whether laboratory measures of individual preferences for risk and guilt relate to risk-connected behaviors in a pandemic, such as socializing, dining in at restaurants, and hand washing. We also investigate how guilt and risk aversion relate to the impact of governmental...

Students choose how much to study based on their expected ability. Past studies indicate students exhibit overconfident grade expectations and tend to overestimate the actual course grade at the completion of courses in Economics. Other studies have examined the role of expected ability on...