scholarly journals You are Not Alone: Experimental Evidence on Risk Taking When Social Comparisons Matter

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Wilhelm Lang
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Social Comparisons

Social Comparisons in Novel Situations

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 985-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penelope Lockwood ◽  
Sarah C. Shaughnessy ◽  
Jennifer L. Fortune ◽  
Man-On Tong
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Life Transition ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Sense Of Control ◽  
Novel Environment ◽  
Future Success ◽  
Significant Life ◽  
Environment Study ◽  
Future Outcomes

The authors propose that individuals transitioning to a novel environment will prefer upward comparisons, particularly those made with individuals who have experienced a similar transition. Such comparisons help to reduce uncertainty and demonstrate that future success is possible. Study 1 found that individuals facing transitions to unfamiliar situations seek upward comparisons as a result of their uncertainty. Study 2 demonstrated that individuals who perceive themselves to be making a significant life transition are especially motivated by upward comparisons. Study 3 provided evidence that upward comparisons are especially inspiring to individuals making a transition to a novel cultural environment. Study 4 provided experimental evidence that individuals in a novel cultural environment are particularly inspired by upward comparisons with other newcomers. These studies suggest that upward comparisons with individuals who have experienced a similar transition enhance individuals’ sense of control over future outcomes and play a key role during adjustment to novel environments.

Social Comparisons and Deception Across Workplace Hierarchies: Field and Experimental Evidence

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Edelman ◽  
Ian Larkin
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Social Comparisons

scholarly journals Can Risk-taking Preferences be Modified? Some Experimental Evidence

2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Booth ◽  
P. Nolen
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Risk Taking

scholarly journals Risk taking of executives under different incentive contracts: Experimental evidence

2014 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 27-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Lefebvre ◽  
Ferdinand M. Vieider
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Incentive Contracts

scholarly journals Keep up with the winners: Experimental evidence on risk taking, asset integration, and peer effects

2015 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 59-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Fafchamps ◽  
Bereket Kebede ◽  
Daniel John Zizzo
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Peer Effects

Social comparisons across cultures II: Change and stability in self-views – experimental evidence

2009 ◽  
pp. 318-344
Author(s):  
S. Guimond ◽  
A. Chatard ◽  
N. R. Branscombe ◽  
S. Brunot ◽  
A. P. Buunk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Social Comparisons

How Negative Interest Rates Affect the Risk-Taking of Individual Investors: Experimental Evidence

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maren Baars ◽  
Henning Cordes ◽  
Hannes Mohrschladt
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Individual Investors ◽  
Negative Interest Rates

Experimental Evidence on Socioeconomic Differences in Risk‐Taking and Risk Premiums

2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (313) ◽  
pp. 140-152
Author(s):  
Zheng Li
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Socioeconomic Differences ◽  
Risk Premiums

scholarly journals Gambling in Risk-Taking Contests: Experimental Evidence

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Embrey ◽  
Christian Seel ◽  
J. Philipp Reiss
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Risk Taking
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