Aversión al riesgo, nivel y incentivo efecto: un experimento laboratorial con alumnos de UFC

Autores/as

  • Ricardo Brito Soares Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Patrícia Simôes CAEN/UFC
  • Paulo de Melo Jorge Neto Professor Associado da Universidade Federal do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.v0i0.33266

Palabras clave:

Aversión al riesgo, Lotería, Experimento de laboratorio, Efecto de escala, Efecto de incentivo

Resumen

Este trabajo hace un estudio empírico sobre toma de decisión bajo incertidumbre junto a alumnos de la Universidad Federal de Ceará. Para medir las preferencias individuales de riesgo, se utiliza la técnica de selección denominada Lista de Precios Múltiples (Multiple Price Listas). Esta metodología fue popularizada por Holt y Laury (2002) y hace uso de una lista de loterías pareadas, estructurada de manera que el número de opciones seguras del individuo pueda ser utilizado para estimar su grado de aversión al riesgo. Como resultado, el nivel de aversión al riesgo encontrado es mayor que el previsto por la teoría, y las hipótesis de efecto de la escala de valores y efecto del incentivo monetario son validadas por el experimento. De ese modo, este trabajo constata una tendencia a la subestimación en la disposición de los individuos a asumir riesgo en experimentos hipotéticos de laboratorio, con posibilidad de pérdidas económicas.

Biografía del autor/a

Ricardo Brito Soares, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Professor Associado do Departamento de Administração e do Curso de Pós-Graduação em Economia/CAEN da UFC

Patrícia Simôes, CAEN/UFC

Doutora em Economia pela Universidade Federal do Ceará/CAEN

Paulo de Melo Jorge Neto, Professor Associado da Universidade Federal do Ceará

PhD em Economia pela University of Illinois, USA

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2018-11-05

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Soares, R. B., Simôes, P., & Jorge Neto, P. de M. (2018). Aversión al riesgo, nivel y incentivo efecto: un experimento laboratorial con alumnos de UFC. Contextus – Revista Contemporánea De Economía Y Gestión, 16(esp.), 10–33. https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.v0i0.33266

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