Risk taking by agents: The role of ex-ante and ex-post accountability |
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Authors: | Monique MH Pollmann Jan Potters Stefan T Trautmann |
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Institution: | 1. Tilburg University, Netherlands;2. University of Heidelberg, Germany |
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Abstract: | We study the role of accountability in situations where an agent makes risky decisions for a principal. We observe that in the absence of accountability, agents choose less risk averse investments for the principal than investors who invest for their own account. Accountability mitigates the observed decrease in risk aversion. Differences are observed between situations where agents are accountable for their decision (“ex-ante”) and where they are accountable for the outcome (“ex-post”). |
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Keywords: | D81 C91 |
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