Aging and financial risk-taking: A meta-analysis
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Keywords
Ageing; financial risk-taking; meta-analysis; survey data; lottery; task;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2025-02-24 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-CBE-2025-02-24 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2025-02-24 (Health Economics)
- NEP-RMG-2025-02-24 (Risk Management)
- NEP-UPT-2025-02-24 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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