Neuroscience and risk tolerance in financial decision-making processes

Caterina Lucarelli and Gianni Brighetti
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Gianni Brighetti: Università di Bologna

BANCARIA, 2009, vol. 12, 88-103

Abstract: The sciences of mind recognize that our decisions arise from the interaction between rational and emotional processes.This article explores some aspects of the emotional components acting in financial risk decision making process.The research has been conducted on a large stratified sample of individuals and professionals and has compared the classical systems for measuring risk tolerance and most innovative techniques applied by neuroscience.

Keywords: razionalità; emotività; neuroscienze (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C9 G11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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