Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/39021 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2975
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This experimental study is concerned with the impact of the timing of the resolution of risk on people's willingness to take risks, with a special focus on the role of affect. While the importance of anticipatory emotions has so far been only inferred from decisions regarding hypothetical choice problems, we had participants put their own money at risk in a real investment task. Moreover, emotions were explicitly measured, including anticipatory emotions experienced during the waiting period under delayed resolution (which involved two days). Affective traits and risk attitudes were measured through a web-based questionnaire before the experiment and participants' preferences for resolution timing, risk, and time were incentive compatibly measured during the experiment. Main findings are that delayed resolution can affect investment, that the effect depends on the risk involved, and that (among all the measures considered) only emotions can explain our results, albeit in ways that are not captured by existing models.
Subjects: 
investment decision
delayed resolution of risk
emotions
experiment
JEL: 
C91
D81
G11
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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