Arbeitspapier
Multiple-item risk measures
We compare seven established risk elicitation methods and investigate how they explain an extensive set of risky behavior from a large household survey. We find overall positive correlation between items and low explanatory power in terms of behavior. Using an average of seven risk elicitation methods reduces measurement noise and yields more predictive power. A reduced set of risk items yields the same external validity as the average of all seven methods. Hence, our multiple-item risk measures offer a more reliable way to measure risk preferences. Our results caution against the reliability of one risk method alone due to noise.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Kiel Working Paper ; No. 1980
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Wirtschaft
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Field Experiments
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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risk attitude
lab-in-the-field experiments
household survey
economic development
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Menkhoff, Lukas
Sakha, Sahra
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Veröffentlichung
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Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
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Kiel
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2014
- Handle
- Last update
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Menkhoff, Lukas
- Sakha, Sahra
- Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
Time of origin
- 2014