Determinants of risk taking behavior : the role of risk attitudes, risk perceptions and beliefs


Nosic, Alen ; Weber, Martin


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URL: http://ub-madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/2512
URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-25125
Document Type: Working paper
Year of publication: 2007
The title of a journal, publication series: None
Publication language: English
Institution: School of Law and Economics > Sonstige - Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaft und Volkswirtschaftslehre
MADOC publication series: Sonderforschungsbereich 504 > Rationalitätskonzepte, Entscheidungsverhalten und ökonomische Modellierung (Laufzeit 1997 - 2008)
Subject: 330 Economics
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.
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