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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
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Indecisiveness on risk preference and time preference choices. Does financial literacy matter?
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]
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]
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
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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
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Measuring individual risk attitudes when preferences are imprecise [PDF]
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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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
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On the Composition of Risk Preference and Belief. [PDF]
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.
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Economic Holobiont: Influence of Parasites, Microbiota and Chemosignals on Economic Behavior
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
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Heterogeneous risk and time preferences [PDF]
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
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