Tempus Fugit: Time Pressure in Risky Decisions

Martin Kocher, Julius Pahlke () and Stefan Trautmann
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Julius Pahlke: DIW econ GmbH, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Management Science, 2013, vol. 59, issue 10, 2380-2391

Abstract: We study the effects of time pressure on risky decisions for pure gain prospects, pure loss prospects, and mixed prospects involving both gains and losses. In two experiments we find that time pressure has no effect on risk attitudes for gains, but increases risk aversion for losses. For mixed prospects, subjects become simultaneously more loss averse and more gain seeking under time pressure, depending on the framing of the prospects. The results suggest the importance of aspiration levels, and thus the overall probability to break even, under time pressure. We discuss the implications of our findings for decision-making situations that involve time pressure. This paper was accepted by Uri Gneezy, behavioral economics.

Keywords: time pressure; risk aversion; loss aversion; gain seeking; aspiration levels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Working Paper: Tempus Fugit: Time pressure in risky decisions (2013)
Working Paper: Tempus Fugit: Time Pressure in Risky Decisions (2011)
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