Risk breeds risk aversion
We examine whether exposure to a more or less risky environment affects people’s subsequent risk-taking behavior. In a laboratory setting, all subjects went through twelve rounds of multiple-price-list decisions between a risky alternative and a safe alternative. In the first six rounds, subjects we...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1406132020-06-01T02:11:44Z Risk breeds risk aversion He, Tai-Sen Hong, Fuhai School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Economic development Risk Risk Aversion We examine whether exposure to a more or less risky environment affects people’s subsequent risk-taking behavior. In a laboratory setting, all subjects went through twelve rounds of multiple-price-list decisions between a risky alternative and a safe alternative. In the first six rounds, subjects were randomly assigned to a high-, moderate-, or low-risk environment, which differed in the variances of the lotteries they were exposed to. In the last six rounds, subjects in all treatments made decisions on an identical set of lotteries. We found that subjects who had experienced a riskier environment exhibited a higher degree of risk aversion. Our experimental design allows us to conclude that this effect is driven by the risk environment per se, rather than the realized outcomes of the risk. This finding has important theoretical and policy implications. 2020-06-01T02:11:44Z 2020-06-01T02:11:44Z 2017 Journal Article He, T.-S., & Hong, F. (2018). Risk breeds risk aversion. Experimental Economics, 21(4), 815-835. doi:10.1007/s10683-017-9553-0 1386-4157 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/140613 10.1007/s10683-017-9553-0 2-s2.0-85034272802 4 21 815 835 en Experimental Economics © 2017 Economic Science Association. All rights reserved. |
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We examine whether exposure to a more or less risky environment affects people’s subsequent risk-taking behavior. In a laboratory setting, all subjects went through twelve rounds of multiple-price-list decisions between a risky alternative and a safe alternative. In the first six rounds, subjects were randomly assigned to a high-, moderate-, or low-risk environment, which differed in the variances of the lotteries they were exposed to. In the last six rounds, subjects in all treatments made decisions on an identical set of lotteries. We found that subjects who had experienced a riskier environment exhibited a higher degree of risk aversion. Our experimental design allows us to conclude that this effect is driven by the risk environment per se, rather than the realized outcomes of the risk. This finding has important theoretical and policy implications. |
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