Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232943 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 21-029
Publisher: 
ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim
Abstract: 
Based on panel data on around 5,500 German household heads originating from four years, this paper analyzes whether the experience of financial losses due to the Corona pandemic has affected three kinds of personal traits and preferences: the willingness to take risks, patience, and the locus of control. Our empirical results indicate that patience and the locus of control remain unchanged by the experience of pandemic-related financial losses, whereas we find a significantly negative effect of severe financial losses on risk taking, contrasting with the traditional assumption that such preferences are constant. In this respect, our heterogeneity analysis indicates that financial losses due to Corona particularly affect the most vulnerable households, notably low-income households and those with little income diversification.
Subjects: 
Patience
risk aversion
locus of control
JEL: 
D91
C23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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