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.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Kiel Working Paper ; No. 1980

Classification
Wirtschaft
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Field Experiments
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Subject
risk attitude
lab-in-the-field experiments
household survey
economic development

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Menkhoff, Lukas
Sakha, Sahra
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
(where)
Kiel
(when)
2014

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Menkhoff, Lukas
  • Sakha, Sahra
  • Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)

Time of origin

  • 2014

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