Math skills and risk attitudes

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Branas-Garza, P., Guillen, P. and López del Paso, R. 2008. Math skills and risk attitudes. Economics Letters. 99 (2), pp. 332-336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.08.008
TypeArticle
TitleMath skills and risk attitudes
AuthorsBranas-Garza, P., Guillen, P. and López del Paso, R.
Abstract

We study whether math ability affects decision making under risk. Participants where divided in three math skill groups according to their performance in a GRE-like math test. We find no difference in behavior between groups across several risk measuring tasks.

KeywordsDecision making under risk; GRE test; math skills
PublisherElsevier
JournalEconomics Letters
ISSN0165-1765
Publication process dates
Deposited28 Mar 2013
Output statusPublished
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.08.008
LanguageEnglish
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