Often we confront risks: opportunities where we have some probability of gaining or losing something and have to decide whether or not to accept the opportunity. The simplest risks are financial. For ...

Risk aversion is a fundamental trait shaping how individuals, firms and policymakers respond to uncertain outcomes. It encapsulates the preference for certain outcomes over gambles with equivalent ...

Human beings differ in how much risk they will accept. Thus, as an analyst I quoted in a recent column concluded, Russian President Vladimir Putin “was too risk-acceptant” in invading Ukraine and ...

A mathematical framework that builds on the economic theory of hidden-action models provides insight into how the unobservable nature of effort and risk shapes investigators' research strategies and ...

This piece looks at two stocks with divergent outcomes: SLB has upside potential, while Costco's high valuation may lead to weak forward returns. SLB is well-positioned in the oil industry with a ...

Previous research has established that men are more likely to vote for populist radical right parties (PRRPs) than women. This article shows how cross-national and temporal variations in PRRPs’ ...

Overall US investor sentiment leaned toward risk aversion for the fifth month in a row, even as caution in equity markets diminished for a third straight month. Equity markets were volatile in March ...

Yesterday's developments showed that late Wednesday's strong reaction to the FOMC meeting - in which the carry trades rallied and equities and interest rates rose sharply - was a whole lot of nothing, ...