Common components of risk and uncertainty attitudes across contexts and domains: evidence from 30 countries

Vieider, F.M., Lefebvre, M., Bouchouicha, R., Chmura, T. ORCID: 0000-0001-7476-2030, Hakimov, R., Krawczyk, M. and Martinsson, P., 2015. Common components of risk and uncertainty attitudes across contexts and domains: evidence from 30 countries. Journal of the European Economic Association, 13 (3), pp. 421-452. ISSN 15424766

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Abstract

Attitudes towards risk and uncertainty have been indicated to be highly context-dependent, and to be sensitive to the measurement technique employed. We present data collected in controlled experiments with 2,939 subjects in 30 countries measuring risk and uncertainty attitudes through incentivized measures as well as survey questions. Our data show clearly that measures correlate not only within decision contexts or measurement methods, but also across contexts and methods. This points to the existence of one underlying “risk preference”, which influences attitudes independently of the measurement method or choice domain. We furthermore find that answers to a general and a financial survey question correlate with incentivized lottery choices in most countries. Incentivized and survey measures also correlate significantly between countries. This opens the possibility to conduct cultural comparisons on risk attitudes using survey instruments.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of the European Economic Association
Creators:	Vieider, F.M., Lefebvre, M., Bouchouicha, R., Chmura, T., Hakimov, R., Krawczyk, M. and Martinsson, P.
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	1 June 2015
Volume:	13
Number:	3
ISSN:	15424766
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1111/jeea.12102 DOI
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	24 Apr 2018 11:55
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2018 11:55
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/33308

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