scholarly journals Just Luck: An Experimental Study of Risk Taking and Fairness

Author(s):  
Alexander W. Cappelen ◽  
James Konow ◽  
Erik Sorensen ◽  
Bertil Tungodden
2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 476-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander W. Cappelen ◽  
James Konow ◽  
Erik Ø. Sørensen ◽  
Bertil Tungodden

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luna C. Muñoz Centifanti ◽  
Kathryn L. Modecki ◽  
Susanne MacLellan ◽  
Helen Gowling

1995 ◽  
Vol 146 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Atle Kalas ◽  
Peder Fiske ◽  
Stein Are Saether

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 12407
Author(s):  
Maria Claudia Angel Ferrero ◽  
Véronique Bessière

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 1125-1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anouk de Boer ◽  
Margot Peeters ◽  
Ina Koning

In this experimental study, it was examined to what extent peers and sex were important predictors of risk taking behavior of adolescents. Participants were 140 Dutch adolescents (52.9% boys, 12-15 years) who completed the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) as a measure of risk taking behavior, either individually or in the presence of homogenous or heterogeneous peer groups. Results showed that (a) adolescents took significantly more risk when they completed the BART with peers than when they completed the risk taking task individually, (b) boys took significantly more risk when they completed the task with peers than girls but not when they completed the task individually, and (c) boys in “boy-only triads” revealed the strongest risk taking behavior compared with “mixed-girl triads” or “girl-only triads.” These results suggest that boys appear to be more susceptible to the influence of peers on risk taking behavior than girls.


2013 ◽  
Vol 103 (4) ◽  
pp. 1398-1413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander W Cappelen ◽  
James Konow ◽  
Erik Ø Sørensen ◽  
Bertil Tungodden

Choices involving risk significantly affect the distribution of income and wealth in society. This paper reports the results of the first experiment, to our knowledge, to study fairness views about risk-taking, specifically whether such views are based chiefly on ex ante opportunities or on ex post outcomes. We find that, even though many participants focus exclusively on ex ante opportunities, most favor some redistribution ex post. Many participants also make a distinction between ex post inequalities that reflect differences in luck and ex post inequalities that reflect differences in choices. These findings apply to both stakeholders and impartial spectators. (JEL D63, D81, H23)


2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Cosenza ◽  
Mark D. Griffiths ◽  
Giovanna Nigro ◽  
Maria Ciccarelli

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