
Abstract
We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to eighteen years, in an incentivized experiment and relate experimental choices to field behavior. Experimental measures of impatience are found to be significant predictors of health-related field behavior, saving decisions and conduct at school. In particular, more impatient children and adolescents are more likely to spend money on alcohol and cigarettes, have a higher body mass index, are less likely to save money and show worse conduct at school. Experimental measures for risk and ambiguity attitudes are only weak predictors of field behavior.
Dokumententyp: | Paper |
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Fakultät: | Volkswirtschaft
Volkswirtschaft > Lehrstühle > Seminar für Experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung |
Themengebiete: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft |
JEL Classification: | C91, C93, D81, D90 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Dokumenten ID: | 18198 |
Datum der Veröffentlichung auf Open Access LMU: | 06. Feb. 2014 15:29 |
Letzte Änderungen: | 29. Apr. 2016 09:15 |
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Impatience and uncertainty: Experimental decisions predict adolescents' field behavior. (deposited 06. Feb. 2014 15:29)
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Impatience and uncertainty: Experimental decisions predict adolescents? field behavior. (deposited 06. Feb. 2014 15:29)
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Impatience and Uncertainty: Experimental Decisions Predict Adolecents' Field Behavior. (deposited 12. Jan. 2011 16:52)
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Impatience and uncertainty: Experimental decisions predict adolescents? field behavior. (deposited 06. Feb. 2014 15:29)