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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Année : 2023

Risking the future? Measuring risk attitudes towards delayed consequences

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This paper presents an experiment that investigates differences in risk attitudes in decisions with immediate versus delayed consequences. Our experimental design allows to control for the effects of discounting and timing of risk resolution. We show that individuals are more risk tolerant in situations involving delayed consequences. Investigations based on rank-dependent utility show that this finding is mainly driven by probability weighting. More precisely, probability weighting is more elevated for delayed consequences. This suggests an overall increase in decision-makers' optimism regarding the chances of success when consequences materialize in the future.
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hal-04385738 , version 1 (10-01-2024)

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Emmanuel Kemel, Corina Paraschiv. Risking the future? Measuring risk attitudes towards delayed consequences. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023, 208, pp.325-344. ⟨10.1016/j.jebo.2023.02.014⟩. ⟨hal-04385738⟩
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