Demography of risk aversion

M Halek, JG Eisenhauer - Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2001 - JSTOR
… coefficient of relative risk aversion for each … risk are then examined across demographic
subgroups. Additionally, differences in speculative risk-taking are examined across demographic

Risk aversion, risk behavior, and demand for insurance: A survey

JF Outreville - Journal of Insurance Issues, 2014 - JSTOR
risk aversion (and risk behavior) with a particular focus on insurance demand or consumption.
Empirical research on risk aversion … -demographic variables associated with risk aversion. …

Evaluating the effect of demographic factors, socioeconomic factors, and risk aversion on mobility during the COVID-19 epidemic in France under lockdown: a …

G Pullano, E Valdano, N Scarpa, S Rubrichi… - The Lancet Digital …, 2020 - thelancet.com
risk aversion might be beneficial in further decreasing mobility in highly affected regions. We
also identified socioeconomic and demographic … regions to the risk aversion induced by the …

Relative risk aversion among the elderly

D Bellante, CA Green - Review of Financial Economics, 2004 - Elsevier
… Those studies that have examined relative risk aversion across … Specifically, the relative risk
aversion of this demographic … effect of changes in wealth on risk aversion are obtained as:(3) …

The origin of risk aversion

R Zhang, TJ Brennan, AW Lo - Proceedings of the National …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
… focus on the origin of utility and risk aversion. We show … risk aversion emerges as a
consequence of systematic risk and that risk neutrality emerges as a consequence of idiosyncratic …

Asset allocation and individual risk aversion

WB Riley Jr, KV Chow - Financial analysts journal, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
… A comparison of risk-aversion indexes for various demographic and socioeconomic
categories reveals distinct differences for three groups-individuals over 65, those with incomes …

Financial risk aversion and personal life history

A Bucciol, L Zarri - 2013 - papers.ssrn.com
… Using observed portfolio decisions to proxy for risk aversion, … aversion suggests that risk
aversion has a mainly cognitive and … -demographic characteristics, we find that risky investments …

Risk-averse by nation or by religion? Some insights on the determinants of individual risk attitudes

S Bartke, R Schwarze - … on the Determinants of Individual Risk …, 2008 - papers.ssrn.com
… for effects of religious affiliations on risk tolerance in a sample of elderlies (US Health and
Retirement Survey HRS), religious belief has only minor effects on risk aversion. Given these …

Characterizing the genetic influences on risk aversion

A Harrati - Biodemography and Social Biology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
… This study explores genetic contributions to heterogeneity in risk aversion among older
Americans. Using over 2 million genetic markers per individual from the US Health and …

Survey measures of risk aversion and prudence

JG Eisenhauer, L Ventura - Applied Economics, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
… Italy to estimate absolute and relative risk aversion along with absolute and relative prudence
… across socio-demographic groups. Evidence is found of decreasing absolute risk aversion, …