Risk-taking in social settings: Group and peer effects☆

•We examine the role of consultation and group decision making on risk-taking.•We replicate previous experiments showing higher risk-taking in groups relative to isolated individuals.•We find peer effects in consultative groups: the decisions of individuals who consult with one another are correlate...

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Main Authors: Bougheas, Spiros, Nieboer, Jeroen, Sefton, Martin
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: North-Holland Pub. Co 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4047601/