during investment processes. This paper presents an alternate view on the drivers behind entrepreneurs’ risk-taking behavior …This paper presents evidence on the role of the endowment effect in shaping the risk-taking behavior of entrepreneurs …

We study three fundamental components of financial agency settings: Perception and communication of investment profiles … investment profile terminology is very heterogeneous, resulting in substantial miscommunication between clients and agents …. Financial agents show a high willingness to implement their clients’ preferred investment profiles independent of monetary …

We study the correlation of choice under risk in Holt-Laury lotteries for gains and losses with gender, the use of … the digit ratio (2D:4D) in more than 200 subjects. In males, salivary testosterone is negatively correlated with risk … aversion for gains only. In females, salivary cortisol is positively correlated with risk aversion for gains only. No other …

Although the link between risk aversion and diminishing marginal utility of wealth is academically well established …

decision. We find that investment decreases as a result of transitions from the first to the third level and we even observe … lower investments in case of positive changes in income. Investment decreases most if negative valuation adjustments are …-based decreases in net income. For larger positive and negative adjustments the impact of valuation levels on investment turns out to …

to show the results of an experiment conducted in Turkey how could affect behavior of subjects who were students in …