The present study (a) examined the question of whether gender differences in hypothetical risk decisions might be socially facilitated by the presence of gender-homogenous groups and (b) investigated the conscious and non-conscious motivators of risk-taking through the application of both explicit and implicit measures of risk attitude. Using hypothetical choice dilemma items, no gender differe...

Dual-channel not only provides reasonable products but also a large quantity of opportunities, where the members’ attitude towards risk has a major impact on channel optimization. In this paper, risks are classified as general risk and interruption risk. As for general risk, combined with risk-aversion attitude, mean-variance method is used to build optimal pricing model and expected utility mo...

-This study explores the personality traits, perceived personal control, behavioral biases, culture, and socio-demographics in determining individual equity investor’s risk assumption attitude. The study uses a survey approach to collect responses from small equity investors. A conceptual model is developed and hypotheses are tested through structure equation model (SEM). The result identifies ...

With recent advances in understanding of the neuroscience of risk taking, attention is now turning to genetic factors that may contribute to individual heterogeneity in risk attitudes. In this paper we test for genetic associations with risk attitude measures derived from both the psychology and economics literature. To develop a long-term prospective study, we first evaluate both types of risk...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : according to beck theory, dysfunctional attitude has a central role in emergence of depression. the aim of this study was to determine contributions of dysfunctional attitude and general health index to depression. methods : in this case-control study, two groups of subjects participated. the first group consi...

We present a preference foundation for Chance Theory (CT), a model of decision making under uncertainty where the evaluation of an act depends distinctively on its lowest outcome. This outcome is evaluated with the riskless value function  and the potential increments over it are evaluated by subjective expected utility with a risky utility function . In contrast to earlier approaches with mo...