Overconfidence and Risk-taking in the Field: Evidence from Ethiopian Farmers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toman Barsbai ◽  
Ulrich Schmidt ◽  
Ulrike Zirpel
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Field Evidence

scholarly journals Peer effects and risk-taking among entrepreneurs: Lab-in-the-field evidence

2018 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. 182-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Adelaida Lopera ◽  
Steeve Marchand
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Peer Effects ◽  
Field Evidence

Risk Taking and Aggression On and Off the Field: Evidence from the National Football League

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Ge
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
National Football League ◽  
Professional Football ◽  
Repeat Offenders ◽  
Behavioral Traits ◽  
Field Evidence ◽  
Career Span ◽  
Career Performance ◽  
Detailed Record

Abstract We study the behavioral link between NFL players’ off-field misconduct and their on-field infractions by matching a comprehensive dataset of players’ off-field arrests with detailed record of on-field penalty calls. Results from Poisson regressions indicate that players with arrest record are likewise observed to have significantly higher tendencies for aggression-related penalties, implying their inherent preferences toward risks or aggression. Such association is particularly salient among repeat offenders. We also find that repeat offenders boast stronger overall career performance and longer career span compared to non-offenders and one-time offenders, suggesting that the related behavioral traits can be instrumental to job performance in professional football.

Embodied Capital and Risk-Related Traits, Attitudes, Behaviors, and Outcomes: An Exploratory Examination of Attractiveness, Cognitive Ability, and Physical Ability

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 949-964
Author(s):  
Nabhan Refaie ◽  
Sandeep Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
State Model ◽  
Behavioral Risk ◽  
Risk Propensity ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Relative State ◽  
Field Evidence ◽  
Related Personality ◽  
Embodied Capital

The relative state model posits two nonindependent pathways to risk. The need-based pathway suggests people take risks when nonrisky options are unlikely to meet their needs. The ability-based pathway suggests people take risks when they possess resources or abilities making them more capable of successfully “pulling off” risk-taking. Growing laboratory and field evidence supports need-based risk-taking. However, little is known about ability-based risk-taking. We examined whether three indicators of embodied capital (attractiveness, cognitive ability, and physical dexterity) were associated with risk-related personality traits, risk-attitudes, behavioral risk-taking, and outcomes associated with risk-taking. Among 328 community members recruited to maximize variance on risk-propensity, we demonstrate that embodied capital indices predict various instantiations of risk-propensity consistent with the relative state model.

Prior Consequences and Subsequent Risk Taking: New Field Evidence from the Taiwan Futures Exchange

2010 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 606-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Jane Liu ◽  
Chih-Ling Tsai ◽  
Ming-Chun Wang ◽  
Ning Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Field Evidence ◽  
Subsequent Risk

scholarly journals Peer Effects and Risk-Taking Among Entrepreneurs: Lab-in-the-Field Evidence

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Adelaida Lopera ◽  
Steeve Marchand
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Peer Effects ◽  
Field Evidence

scholarly journals The effect of paper outcomes versus realized outcomes on subsequent risk-taking: Field evidence from casino gambling

2021 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Raphael Flepp ◽  
Philippe Meier ◽  
Egon Franck
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Casino Gambling ◽  
Field Evidence ◽  
Subsequent Risk

Boys With Epilepsy Are More Susceptible to Risk Taking

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
PATRICE WENDLING
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking

Intimate Partner Violence, Minority Stress, and Sexual Risk-Taking Among US MSM

2013 ◽  
pp. 131118115540005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Finneran ◽  
Rob Stephenson
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking

The Multiple Faces of Risk-Taking

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Schmitz ◽  
Karsten Manske ◽  
Franzis Preckel ◽  
Oliver Wilhelm
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Formal Models ◽  
Experimental Paradigm ◽  
Nomological Network ◽  
Balloon Analogue Risk Task ◽  
Parameter Recovery ◽  
Task Specificity ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Criterion Variables

Abstract. The Balloon-Analogue Risk Task (BART; Lejuez et al., 2002 ) is one of the most popular behavioral tasks suggested to assess risk-taking in the laboratory. Previous research has shown that the conventionally computed score is predictive, but neglects available information in the data. We suggest a number of alternative scores that are motivated by theories of risk-taking and that exploit more of the available data. These scores can be grouped around (1) risk-taking, (2) task performance, (3) impulsive decision making, and (4) reinforcement sequence modulation. Their theoretical rationale is detailed and their validity is tested within the nomological network of risk-taking, deviance, and scholastic achievement. Two multivariate studies were conducted with youths (n = 435) and with adolescents/young adults (n = 316). Additionally, we tested formal models suggested for the BART that decompose observed behavior into a set of meaningful parameters. A simulation study with parameter recovery was conducted, and the data from the two studies were reanalyzed using the models. Most scores were reliable and differentially predictive of criterion variables and may be used in basic research. However, task specificity and the generally moderate validity do not warrant use of the experimental paradigm for diagnostic purposes.

The Vienna Risk-Taking Test - Traffic

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Hergovich ◽  
Martin E. Arendasy ◽  
Markus Sommer ◽  
Bettina Bognar
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Personality Test ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Item Level ◽  
Degree Of Risk ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Homeostasis Theory

Abstract. The study reports results regarding the dimensionality and construct validity of a newly developed, objective, video-based personality test that assesses the willingness to take risks in traffic situations. On the basis of the theory of risk homeostasis developed by Wilde, different traffic situations with varying degrees of objective danger were filmed. During the test the respondents are asked to indicate at which point the action that is contingent on the described situation will become too dangerous to carry out. Latencies at the item level were recorded as a measure for the subjectively accepted degree of a person's willingness to take risks in the sense of the risk homeostasis theory by Wilde. In a study on 274 people with different educational levels and gender, the unidimensionality of the test as corresponding to the latency model by Scheiblechner was investigated. The results indicate that the Vienna Risk-Taking Test - Traffic assesses a unidimensional, latent personality trait that can be interpreted as subjectively accepted degree of risk (target risk value).

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