Are choices for others riskier than choices people make for themselves? This question has
been asked by economists, psychologists, and other researchers in the social sciences …

Decisions involving charitable giving often occur under the shadow of risk. A common
finding is that potential donors give less when there is greater risk that their donation will …

Experimental economists currently lack a convention for how to pay subjects in experiments
with multiple tasks. We provide a theoretical framework for analyzing this question …

We study risk taking on behalf of others, both when choices involve losses and when they do
not. A large-scale incentivized experiment with subjects randomly drawn from the Danish …

We study if and how social preferences extend to risky environments. We provide
experimental evidence from different versions of dictator games with risky outcomes and …

This paper axiomatizes a utility function for social preferences under risk. In the model, a
single parameter captures a preference for equality of opportunity (ie, equality of exante …

Women in Western societies are typically more risk averse than men in individual risk taking
decisions. In real life, however, risk taking decisions are usually made in a social context. So …

We investigate how bonus payments affect the satisfaction and performance of managers in
a large multinational company. We find that falling behind a natural reference standard for a …

Theories (and experiments) on decision making under risk typically ignore (and exclude) a
social context. We explore whether this omission is detrimental. To do so we experimentally …

We explore situations in which a decision maker bears responsibility for somebody else's
outcomes as well as for her own. We study such choices for gains and losses, and for …