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Neyse, Levent, Vieider, Ferdinand M., Ring, Patrick, Probst, Catharina, Kaernbach, Christian, van Eimeren, Thilo and Schmidt, Ulrich (2020). Risk attitudes and digit ratio (2D:4D): Evidence from prospect theory. J. Risk Uncertain., 60 (1). S. 29 - 52. DORDRECHT: SPRINGER. ISSN 1573-0476

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Abstract

Prenatal androgens have organizational effects on brain and endocrine system development, which may have a partial impact on economic decisions. Numerous studies have investigated the relationship between prenatal testosterone and financial risk taking, yet results remain inconclusive. We suspect that this is due to difficulty in capturing risk preferences with expected utility based tasks. Prospect theory, on the other hand, suggests that risk preferences differ between gains, losses and mixed prospects, as well as for different probability levels. This study investigates the relationship between financial risk taking and 2D:4D, a putative marker of prenatal testosterone exposure, in the framework of prospect theory. We conducted our study with 350 participants of Caucasian and Asian ethnicities. We do not observe any significant relationship between 2D:4D and risk taking in either of these domains and ethnicities.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Neyse, Levent UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Vieider, Ferdinand M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ring, Patrick UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Probst, Catharina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kaernbach, Christian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED van Eimeren, Thilo UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schmidt, Ulrich UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-340209
DOI:	10.1007/s11166-020-09321-w
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Risk Uncertain.
Volume:	60
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 29 - 52
Date:	2020
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	DORDRECHT
ISSN:	1573-0476
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PRENATAL TESTOSTERONE; UTILITY-THEORY; LOSS AVERSION; SEX; PREFERENCES; BEHAVIOR; 2ND; DETERMINANTS; HERITABILITY; PROBABILITY Multiple languages Business, Finance; Economics Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/34020