Determinants of Risk Taking Behavior: The role of Risk Attitudes, Risk Perceptions and Beliefs

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URL:	https://ub-madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/1774
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-17749
Document Type:	Working paper
Year of publication:	2007
The title of a journal, publication series:	None
Publication language:	English
Institution:	Business School > Sonstige - Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaftslehre
MADOC publication series:	Lehrstuhl für ABWL, Finanzwirtschaft, insb. Bankbetriebslehre (Weber) > Working Papers
Subject:	330 Economics
Classification:	JEL: G1 ,
Subject headings (SWD):	Risikoverhalten , Risikoanalyse , Risikobereitschaft , Selbstüberschätzung
Keywords (English):	Overconfidence , Optimism , Risk Attitude , Risk Perception , Risk Taking , Domain Specificity
Abstract:	Our study analyzes the determinants of investors' risk taking behavior. We find that investors' risk taking behavior such as portfolio choices can be predicted using risk attitudes, risk perceptions and belief measures such as optimism and overconfidence. However, the predictive power of these determinants heavily depends on the domain in which they were elicited. More specifically, risk attitudes, risk perceptions and beliefs only allow us to predict investors' risk taking behavior if they are elicited in an investment related context. We believe our results could benefit practitioners who could incorporate some of the determinants we have used in their investment advisory process.
Additional information:	Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract