Erratum to: Loss Aversion and Individual Characteristics
In: Environmental and resource economics, Band 51, Heft 1, S. 161-161
ISSN: 1573-1502
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In: Environmental and resource economics, Band 51, Heft 1, S. 161-161
ISSN: 1573-1502
In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4031
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In: European Stability Mechanism Working Paper No. 35 (2019)
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In: The journal of socio-economics, Band 26, Heft 5, S. 513-524
ISSN: 1879-1239
The life-cycle theory of saving behavior (Modigliani, 1988) suggests that humans strive towards an equal intertemporal distribution of wealth. However, behavioral life-cycle theory (Shefrin & Thaler, 1988) proposes that people use self-control heuristics to postpone wealth until later in life. According to this theory, people use a system of cognitive budgeting known as mental accounting. In the present study it was found that mental accounts were used differently depending on if the income change was positive or negative. This was shown both in a representative nationwide sample of households and in a student sample. Respondents were more willing to cut down on their propensity to consume when faced with an income decrease than to raise it when the income increased. Furthermore, contrary to the predictions of behavioral life-cycle theory, it was found that the respondents adjusted their propensity to consume the most when the income increases or decreases took place immediately. Hence, it is suggested that theories of intertemporal choice (e.g., Loewenstein, 1988; Loewenstein & Prelec, 1992) provide a better account of the data than does the behavioral lifecycle theory.
In: EL59406
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In: Journal of Economic Surveys, Band 30, Heft 3, S. 624-648
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In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5127
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 8699
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 2961
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In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4789
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 8138
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In: Discussion paper series 2961
Loss aversion can occur in riskless and risky choices. Yet, there is no evidence whether people who are loss averse in riskless choices are also loss averse in risky choices. We measure individual-level loss aversion in riskless choices in an endowment effect experiment by eliciting both WTA and WTP from each of our 360 subjects (randomly selected customers of a car manufacturer). All subjects also participate in a simple lottery choice task which arguably measures loss aversion in risky choices. We find substantial heterogeneity in both measures of loss aversion. Loss aversion in the riskless choice task and loss aversion in the risky choice task are highly significantly and strongly positively correlated. We find that in both choice tasks loss aversion increases in age, income, and wealth, and decreases in education.
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