Group decision making under risk: An experiment with student couples

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2012
Volume: 117
Issue: 3
Pages: 691-693

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

In an experiment, we study risk-taking of cohabitating student couples, finding that couples’ decisions are closer to risk-neutrality than single partners’ decisions. This finding is similar to earlier experiments with randomly assigned groups, corroborating external validity of earlier results.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:117:y:2012:i:3:p:691-693
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
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2026-01-25