Understanding the Two Components of Risk Attitudes: An Experimental Analysis

Qiu, Jianying und Steiger, Eva-Maria (Januar 2011): Understanding the Two Components of Risk Attitudes: An Experimental Analysis. In: Management Science, Bd. 57, Nr. 1: S. 193-199

Abstract

Cumulative prospect theory introduced the weighting of probabilities as an additional component to capture risk attitudes. However, this addition would be a less significant challenge to expected utility theory (EU) if utility curvature and probability weighting showed strong positive correlation. In that case the utility curvature in EU alone, although not properly describing risky behavior in general, would still capture most of the variance of individual risk aversion. This study provides experimental evidence that such a strong and positive correlation does not exist. Although most individuals exhibit concave utility and convex probability weighting, the two components show no strong positive correlation. This paper was accepted by Peter Wakker, decision analysis.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Keywords: risk attitude; cumulative prospect theory; experimental study
• Fakultät: Volkswirtschaft > Lehrstühle > Munich Graduate School of Economics
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft
• Sprache: Englisch