
doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2157904
handle: 10419/62355
Andreoni and Sprenger (in press) report evidence that distinct utility functions govern choices under certainty and risk. I investigate the robustness of their result to the experimental design. I find that the effect disappears completely when a multiple price list is used instead of a convex time budget design. Also, the effect is reduced by half when sooner and later payment risks are realized using a single lottery instead of two independent lotteries. The result is thus partially driven by intertemporal diversification, suggesting an explanation in terms of concavity of the intertemporal, and not only the atemporal, utility function.
Test, ddc:330, intertemporal choice, risk and certainty, intertemporal choice, risk and certainty, convex time budget, multiple price list, Risikopräferenz, Zeitpräferenz, D81, convex time budget, Entscheidung bei Unsicherheit, C91, D90, D03, multiple price list, jel: jel:D81, jel: jel:C91, jel: jel:D90, jel: jel:D03
Test, ddc:330, intertemporal choice, risk and certainty, intertemporal choice, risk and certainty, convex time budget, multiple price list, Risikopräferenz, Zeitpräferenz, D81, convex time budget, Entscheidung bei Unsicherheit, C91, D90, D03, multiple price list, jel: jel:D81, jel: jel:C91, jel: jel:D90, jel: jel:D03
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