Tempus Fugit: Time Pressure in Risky Decisions [Dataset]

DOI

We study the effects of time pressure on risky decisions for pure gain prospects, pure loss prospects, and mixed prospects involving both gains and losses. In two experiments we find that time pressure has no effect on risk attitudes for gains, but increases risk aversion for losses. For mixed prospects, subjects become simultaneously more loss averse and more gain seeking under time pressure, depending on the framing of the prospects. The results suggest the importance of aspiration levels, and thus the overall probability to break even, under time pressure. We discuss the implications of our findings for decision-making situations that involve time pressure.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10006
Metadata Access https://heidata.uni-heidelberg.de/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=doi:10.11588/data/10006
Provenance
Creator Kocher, Martin G.; Pahlke, Julius; Trautmann, Stefan T.
Publisher heiDATA
Contributor Trautmann, Stefan T.; Kocher, Martin G.; Pahlke, Julius; HeiDATA: Heidelberg Research Data Repository
Publication Year 2014
Rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
OpenAccess true
Contact Trautmann, Stefan T. (Alfred-Weber-Institute of Economics)
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Discipline Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture; Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture and Veterinary Medicine; Life Sciences; Social Sciences; Social and Behavioural Sciences; Soil Sciences