Many developed countries have ageing populations, with potentially major economic, political, and social consequences in the near future. Using Dutch and German panel data to control for cohort and period effects, this column investigates the relationship between age and risk attitudes. The results suggest that willingness to take risks declines with age, implying that societies may become more risk-averse as their population ages
We investigate which socioeconomic groups are most likely to change their risk preferences over the ...
Risk attitudes have a significant impact on human decision making. In contrast to the conventional a...
A prevalent stereotype is that people become less risk taking and more cautious as they get older. H...
Many developed countries have ageing populations, with potentially major economic, political, and so...
This article investigates how risk attitudes change over the life course. We study the age trajector...
This paper investigates risk attitudes at older ages in 14 European countries. Older individuals rep...
In this paper we investigate to what extent the decrease in the willingness to take risks with age c...
Past empirical work suggests that aging is associated with decreases in risk taking. But are such ef...
The objective of this study fills a gap in the Hungarian academic literature: its goal, on the one h...
International audienceWe examine the links between age, risk tolerance, and impatience in a large Fr...
Many economic and financial decisions involve risk. A crucial question in this contextis how much ri...
The effect of aging on economic preferences has not received much attention in the literature. This ...
Recent contributions to the theory of household portfolio selection argue that there will exist age ...
Does risk taking change as a function of age? We conducted a systematic literature search and found ...
We investigate which socioeconomic groups are most likely to change their risk preferences over the ...
Risk attitudes have a significant impact on human decision making. In contrast to the conventional a...
A prevalent stereotype is that people become less risk taking and more cautious as they get older. H...
Many developed countries have ageing populations, with potentially major economic, political, and so...
This article investigates how risk attitudes change over the life course. We study the age trajector...
This paper investigates risk attitudes at older ages in 14 European countries. Older individuals rep...
In this paper we investigate to what extent the decrease in the willingness to take risks with age c...
Past empirical work suggests that aging is associated with decreases in risk taking. But are such ef...
The objective of this study fills a gap in the Hungarian academic literature: its goal, on the one h...
International audienceWe examine the links between age, risk tolerance, and impatience in a large Fr...
Many economic and financial decisions involve risk. A crucial question in this contextis how much ri...
The effect of aging on economic preferences has not received much attention in the literature. This ...
Recent contributions to the theory of household portfolio selection argue that there will exist age ...
Does risk taking change as a function of age? We conducted a systematic literature search and found ...
We investigate which socioeconomic groups are most likely to change their risk preferences over the ...
Risk attitudes have a significant impact on human decision making. In contrast to the conventional a...
A prevalent stereotype is that people become less risk taking and more cautious as they get older. H...