Risk-taking middle-borns: A study on birth- order and risk preferences

dc.contributor.author	Lampi, Elina
dc.contributor.author	Nordblom, Katarina
dc.date.accessioned	2010-03-29T13:57:54Z
dc.date.available	2010-03-29T13:57:54Z
dc.date.issued	2010-03-29T13:57:54Z
dc.identifier.issn	1403-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/22177
dc.description.abstract	We analyze the impacts of birth order and presence/absence of siblings on risk preferences with respect to economic, health/safety, and sport/lifestyle related risks. We study both the answer to a hypothetical lottery question and stated risky behavior and find that middle-borns are consistently less risk averse than others irrespective of the type of risk. Moreover, the answer to the lottery question is strongly correlated with economic and sport/lifestyle related risky behavior.	en
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Papers in Economics	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	438	en
dc.subject	siblings	en
dc.subject	birth-order	en
dc.subject	middle-born	en
dc.subject	different risks	en
dc.subject	lottery	en
dc.title	Risk-taking middle-borns: A study on birth- order and risk preferences	en
dc.type	Text	en
dc.type.svep	report	en