Selection, socialization, and risk preferences in the finance industry: Longitudinal evidence for German finance professionals
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Keywords
Financial sector; Selection; Socialization; Culture; Attrition; Risk tolerance; German socio-economic panel;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- D53 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Financial Markets
- D90 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - General
- M5 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics
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