Investment decisions and time horizon: Risk perception and risk behavior in repeated gambles

Management Science

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1777-1790

  Klos, Alexander ^a   Weber, Elke U ^b   Weber, Martin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Investment decisions; Repeated gambles; Risk; Risk perception; Time horizon

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT DECISIONS; REPEATED GAMBLES; TIME HORIZON;

ESTIMATION; FINANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 29144449129     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1050.0429     Document Type: Article

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