CREED Seminars Amsterdam

Speaker(s)
Ragan Petrie (George Mason University, United States)
Date
Thursday, 20 March 2014
Location
Amsterdam

This project presents evidence on the heterogeneity of risk preferences of children by sex and race and shows that these differences might be driven more by decision context than innate differences in risk attitudes. Expressed preferences over identical risky prospects change depending on the context in which they are presented. Differences by race can be eliminated, and differences by sex can be reversed.