Université de Fribourg

On the Determinants of Giving Under Risk

Freundt, Jana ; Lange, Andreas

In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, vol. 142, p. 24-31

By means of a laboratory experiment we investigate the role of risk preferences for prosocial behavior. Modifying the way the decision-maker or the recipient are exposed to risk, our design allows to identify how risk preferences impact giving-decisions. By measuring the decision-makers’ risk preferences regarding both their own as well as the recipients’ payoff, we generate new insights...

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Gender and competition in adolescence: task matters

Dreber, Anna ; von Essen, Emma ; Ranehill, Eva

In: Experimental Economics, 2014, vol. 17, no. 1, p. 154-172

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The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk and Trust Attitudes

Dohmen, Thomas ; Falk, Armin ; Huffman, David ; Sunde, Uwe

In: The Review of Economic Studies, 2012, vol. 79, no. 2, p. 645-677