Arbeitspapier

Do Professional Norms in the Banking Industry Favor Risk-taking?

In recent years, the banking industry has witnessed several cases of excessive risk-taking that frequently have been attributed to problematic professional norms. We conduct experiments with employees from several banks in which we manipulate the saliency of their professional identity and subsequently measure their risk aversion in a real stakes investment task. If bank employees are exposed to professional norms that favor risk-taking, they should become more willing to take risks when their professional identity is salient. We find, however, that subjects take significantly less risk, challenging the view that the professional norms generally increase bank employees’ willingness to take risks.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 6398

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
Field Experiments
Thema
risk culture
banking industry
experiment

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Cohn, Alain
Fehr, Ernst
Maréchal, Michel André
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2017

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Cohn, Alain
  • Fehr, Ernst
  • Maréchal, Michel André
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2017

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