Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics

Working Papers in Economics,
University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

No 519: Group Decision Making Under Risk: An experiment with student couples

Haoran He (), Peter Martinsson () and Matthias Sutter ()
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Haoran He: School of Economics and Business Administration, Beijing Normal University, Postal: Xinjiekouwai Street 19 , 100875 Beijing, China
Peter Martinsson: Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Postal: Box 640, SE 40530 GÖTEBORG
Matthias Sutter: Dept of Public Finance, University of Innsbruck, Postal: Universitaetsstrasse 15, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Abstract: In an experiment, we study risk-taking of cohabitating student couples, finding that couples’ decisions are closer to risk-neutrality than single partners’ decisions. This finding is similar to earlier experiments with randomly assigned groups, corroborating external validity of earlier results.

Keywords: risk experiment; student couples; group decision making

JEL-codes: C91; C92

9 pages, December 15, 2011

Note: Forthcoming in Economics Letters.

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