This paper empirically and jointly analyses the relations between risk aversion, standard time discounting, present … sample drawn from eight European Union countries. Preferences over time, risk and losses were elicited and jointly estimated …) evidence that individuals which are more risk-averse, or more loss-averse, or which exhibit a lower discount factor are less …

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 …

affected people’s prospect-theory risk preferences, especially in the loss domain. The panel analysis indicates that with the …