Motivating Risky Choices Increases Risk Taking
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Keywords
dual process; risk taking; motivation; deliberation; intuition; bomb risk elicitation task;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2020-08-17 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2020-08-17 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-NEU-2020-08-17 (Neuroeconomics)
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