Social comparison and risk taking behavior

DOI10.1007/s11238-016-9562-zzbMath1395.91089OpenAlexW2108307521MaRDI QIDQ2362186

Luca Stanca, Astrid Gamba, Elena Manzoni

Publication date: 6 July 2017

Published in: Theory and Decision (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://repec.dems.unimib.it/repec/pdf/mibwpaper266.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

reference pointrisk aversioninterdependent preferencessocial comparison

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Experimental studies (91A90)

Related Items (4)

Socially interdependent risk taking ⋮ Decisions under uncertainty in social contexts ⋮ How do risk attitudes affect pro-social behavior? Theory and experiment ⋮ Income inequality and risk taking: the impact of social comparison information

Uses Software

• Z-Tree

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