Math skills and risk attitudes

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 99
Issue: 2
Pages: 332-336

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

We study whether math ability affects decision making under risk. Participants where divided in three math skill groups according to their performance in a GRE-like math test. We find no difference in behavior between groups across several risk measuring tasks.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:99:y:2008:i:2:p:332-336
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24