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The Dopamine Receptor D4 Gene (DRD4) and Financial Risk-Taking: Stimulating and Instrumental Risk-Taking Propensity and Motivation to Engage in Investment Activity

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2018
The Dopamine receptor D4 gene (DRD4) has been previously linked to financial risk-taking propensity. Past works demonstrated that individuals with a specific variant of the DRD4 gene (7R+) are more risk-seeking than people without it (7R−).
Rafał Muda   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Indecisiveness on risk preference and time preference choices. Does financial literacy matter?

open access: yesCogent Psychology, 2019
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between financial literacy and decisiveness in making risk preference and time preference choices by university students.
Calvin Mudzingiri   +3 more
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Risk information source preferences in construction workers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Purpose - Many researchers have investigated the determinants of workers’ risk-taking / unsafe behaviours as a way to improve safety management and reduce accidents but there has been a general lack of research about workers’ risk information seeking ...
Burns, Calvin, Conchie, Stacey
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Pro-Rata Warranty pricing model with risk-averse manufacturers Mahdi Nasrollahi [PDF]

open access: yesMuṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Ṣan̒atī, 2017
Due to fierce competition and customer demand, manufacturers have started selling products with different warranty policies and pro-rata warranty is one of the most widely used warranty policy.
Mahdi Nasrollahi
doaj   +1 more source

Non-Farm Employment Experience, Risk Preferences, and Low-Carbon Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from 1843 Grain Farmers in 14 Provinces in China

open access: yesAgriculture, 2022
Guiding and encouraging farmers to adopt low-carbon agricultural technologies is highly significant for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, mitigating climate change, and achieving agricultural production development and food security.
Chaozhu Li, Xiaoliang Li, Wei Jia
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring individual risk attitudes when preferences are imprecise [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
There is widespread interest in measuring risk attitudes and incorporating such measures into broader econometric analyses. We consider three elicitation procedures currently in use. We find considerable variability within – and even more, between –
Pogrebna, Ganna   +2 more
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Does SME’s financing decisions follow pecking order pattern? The role of financial literacy, risk preference, and home bias in SME financing decisions

open access: yesCogent Business & Management, 2023
This paper aims to explore the role of financial literacy, risk preference, and home bias in Minangkabau ethnic SME financing decisions, and whether their financing pattern follow the pecking order theory. The theoretical framework model was developed to
Henny Sulistianingsih, Fitri Santi
doaj   +1 more source

On the Composition of Risk Preference and Belief. [PDF]

open access: yesPsychological Review, 2004
Prospect theory assumes nonadditive decision weights for preferences over risky gambles. Such decision weights generalize additive probabilities. This article proposes a decomposition of decision weights into a component reflecting risk attitude and a new component depending on belief.
openaire   +5 more sources

Economic Holobiont: Influence of Parasites, Microbiota and Chemosignals on Economic Behavior

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2018
The article is a perspective on utilization of microorganisms and chemosignals in studying human economic behavior. Research in biological roots of economic development has already confirmed that parasitic pressure influenced the creation and development
Petr Houdek
doaj   +1 more source

Heterogeneous risk and time preferences [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2016
Assessing individuals’ time and risk preferences is crucial in domains such as health-related decisions (e.g., dieting, addictions), environmentally-friendly practices, and saving opportunities. We propose a new method to jointly elicit and estimate risk attitudes and intertemporal choices.
Ferecatu, Alina, Onculer, A
openaire   +1 more source

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