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Investing versus gambling: experimental evidence of multi-domain risk attitudes

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  • Cary Deck
  • Jungmin Lee
  • Javier Reyes

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Economists have noted the empirical regularity that an individual's attitude towards risk is not constant across elicitation settings. Such a pattern is conceptually consistent with the argument in psychology that risk is domain specific. To explore this view, we frame a common risk elicitation tool in laboratory experiments as both a gambling game and an investment opportunity. A survey instrument used to measure one's attitudes towards risks on different domains is found to explain partially within-subject variation in observed behaviour between the two tasks. The evidence presented in this article demonstrates the need to consider more nuanced approaches to modelling risk.

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  • Cary Deck & Jungmin Lee & Javier Reyes, 2014. "Investing versus gambling: experimental evidence of multi-domain risk attitudes," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(1), pages 19-23, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:21:y:2014:i:1:p:19-23
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.835470
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    8. Lefebvre, Marianne & Midler, Estelle & Bontems, Philippe, 2020. "Adoption of environmentally-friendly agricultural practices with background risk: experimental evidence," TSE Working Papers 20-1079, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
    9. Bucciol, Alessandro & Zarri, Luca, 2017. "Do personality traits influence investors’ portfolios?," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 1-12.
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