Informational content of relative deprivation as a channel linking economic inequality to risk taking

Informational content of relative deprivation as a channel linking economic inequality to risk taking.

Informational content of relative deprivation as a channel linking economic inequality to risk taking

The evidence that economic inequality (or relative deprivation) increases risk taking, as presented in PNAS by Payne et al. (1), is an insightful addition to a broader literature that finds that relative deprivation has distinct effects on individuals, not the least of which is their happiness, in addition to any direct effects of individuals’ absolute wealth or prosperity (2–4). However, when ...

Inequality and risk-taking behaviour

Becker, Murphy and Werning (2005) found that individuals about to participate in a status tournament may take fair gambles even though they are risk averse in both wealth and status. Here, this insight is matched with that of Hopkins and Kornienko (2010) that in a tournament or status competition one can consider equality either in terms of initial endowments or in terms of the status or reward...

Linking Economic Complexity, Institutions, and Income Inequality

— A country’s mix of products predicts its subsequent pattern of diversification and economic growth. But does this product mix also predict income inequality? Here we combine methods from econometrics, network science, and economic complexity to show that countries exporting complex products—as measured by the Economic Complexity Index—have lower levels of income inequality than countries expo...

risk taking in english to persian translation process by novice iranian translators

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