Higher order risk attitudes: A review of experimental evidence

Stefan T. Trautmann; Gijs van de Kuilen

doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.01.007

Higher order risk attitudes: A review of experimental evidence

Stefan T. Trautmann^*, Gijs van de Kuilen

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Abstract

This paper reviews the recent, but fast-growing experimental literature on higher order risk attitudes. After introducing the theoretical context, we first review the basic evidence and empirical moderators of these risk attitudes. We then discuss recent extensions to ambiguity, time risk, and multi-attribute utility. In the last part we review indirect evidence from applied economic decision tasks. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	108-124
Journal	European Economic Review
Volume	103
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.01.007
Publication status	Published - Apr 2018

Keywords

UTILITY-FUNCTIONS
DECISION-MAKING
UNCERTAINTY
AMBIGUITY
PRUDENCE
AVERSION
PREFERENCES
SKEWNESS
LOTTERIES
MARKETS

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