On the Relationship between Cognitive Ability and Risk Preference

Thomas Dohmen; Armin Falk; David Huffman; Uwe Sunde

doi:10.1257/jep.32.2.115

On the Relationship between Cognitive Ability and Risk Preference

Thomas Dohmen^*, Armin Falk, David Huffman, Uwe Sunde

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	115-134
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Economic Perspectives
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.32.2.115
Publication status	Published - 2018

JEL classifications

d11 - Consumer Economics: Theory
d12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
d81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
g22 - "Insurance; Insurance Companies"

Keywords

DECISION-MAKING
AGE-DIFFERENCES
FINANCIAL LITERACY
LIFE-SPAN
BEHAVIOR
UNCERTAINTY
PERSONALITY
PERSPECTIVE
ATTITUDES
AVERSION

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Dohmen, T., Falk, A., Huffman, D., & Sunde, U. (2018). On the Relationship between Cognitive Ability and Risk Preference. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 32(2), 115-134. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.32.2.115

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