In this paper we relate individual risk attitude as elicited by binary lotteriesand certainty equivalents to market … equivalents are poorly correlated. Only lottery choices are relatedto market behavior: the higher the degree of risk aversion the … lower theobserved market activity. Females are more risk averse than males accordingto binary lotteries, submit fewer offers …

studies also document gender differences in a variety of important preference dimensions, such as risk-taking, competition and … preferences requires an improved understanding. We conduct an experiment in which individuals in small laboratory "societies … and that this difference persists with experience and in environments with varying degrees of risk. This gender voting gap …

studies also document gender differences in a variety of important preference dimensions, such as risk-taking, competition and … preferences requires an improved understanding. We conduct an experiment in which individuals in small laboratory "societies … and that this difference persists with experience and in environments with varying degrees of risk. This gender voting gap …

whether this type of behavior persists when risk comes into play. I devise an experiment which sheds light on the … interrelation of risk and social preferences by measuring (1) individual risk preferences, (2) interpersonal risk preferences, and … (3) social preferences under certainty. The results reveal that a large share of subjects choose to accept more risk or …

Despite extensive studies, the nature of risk attitudes remains a vigorously discussed question in economics and … psychology. In expected utility theory, attitudes towards risk originate from changes in marginal utility. Cumulative prospect … to cognitive limitations. Our findings from a controlled laboratory experiment suggest that the two dimensions capture …

Preference for control affects investment behavior. Participants of laboratory experiments invest different amount of …. Participants increase their investment when their preferred method of control is used.[...] …