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environment. We use a simple binary choice task that tests risk aversion, as well as prudence. This is the first test for prudence …
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We show how optimal saving in a two-period model is affected when prudence and risk aversion of the underlying utility … function change. Increasing prudence alone will induce higher savings only if, for certain combinations of the interest rate …
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Consider a simple two-state risk with equal probabilities for the two states. In particular, assume that the random wealth variable Xi dominates Yi via ith-order stochastic dominance for i = M,N. We show that the 50-50 lottery [XN + YM, YN + XM] dominates the lottery [XN + XM, YN + YM] via (N +...
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This paper examines preferences towards particular classes of lottery pairs. We show how concepts such as prudence and …
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We propose a method to measure the intensity of risk aversion, prudence (downside risk aversion) and temperance (outer … approach is not based on expected utility theory. In our experiment we find evidence for risk aversion, prudence and temperance … for being (second order) risk-loving. This highlights the importance of prudence when considering economic decisions under …
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of so-called relative prudence unambiguously decides whether or not the diversi cation of income risk favours the …
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We study higher-order risk preferences, i.e. prudence and temperance, next to risk aversion in social settings … decision maker. However, we do not observe an influence of social settings on prudence and temperance. Our results reveal that …Wir untersuchen neben Risikoaversion auch Risikopräferenzen höherer Ordnung, d.h. "Prudence" und "Temperance" in …
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We use a novel method to elicit and measure higher order risk preferences (prudence and temperance) in an experiment … prudence - are strongly related to adolescents' field behavior, including their financial decision making, eco …-friendly behavior, and health status, including addictive behavior. Most importantly, we show that dropping prudence and temperance from …
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We use a novel method to elicit and measure higher order risk preferences (prudence and temperance) in an experiment … prudence are strongly related to adolescents' field behavior, including their financial decision making, eco-friendly behavior …, and health status, including addictive behavior. Most importantly, we show that dropping prudence and temperance from the …
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We use a novel method to elicit and measure higher order risk preferences (prudence and temperance) in an experiment … prudence - are strongly related to adolescents' field behavior, including their financial decision making, eco …-friendly behavior, and health status, including addictive behavior. Most importantly, we show that dropping prudence and temperance from …
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