Eliciting Risk Preferences Using Choice Lists

David Freeman, Yoram Halevy and Terri Kneeland ()

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Abstract: We study the effect of embedding pairwise choices between lotteries within a choice list on measured risk attitude. Using an experiment with online workers, we find that subjects choose the risky lottery rather than a sure payment significantly more often when responding to a choice list. This behavior can be rationalized by the interaction between non-expected utility and the random incentive system, as suggested by Karni and Safra (1987).

Keywords: random incentive system; isolation; independence axiom; multiple price list; reduction of compound lotteries; preference reversals; certainty effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2015-06-08, Revised 2018-01-09
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