Risk Aversion and Personality Type

By G. Filbeck, P. Hatfield, Philip A. Horvath. 2005

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Investment management and personality type (2008, methodology): “The items used by Filbeck et al. (2005) required the respondent to calculate the odds and allocate percentages from their portfolio.”
Avoidance of Information Technology Threats: A Theoretical Perspective (2009, background): “In addition, ample evidence demonstrates that risk tolerance is a personal trait related to demographic variables including age, gender, marital status, race, religion, education, and income (Filbeck et al. 2005; Grable 2000; Hallahan et al. 2004).”
Interplay of Investors' Financial Knowledge and Risk Taking (2009, background): “Filbeck, Hatfield, and Horvath [2005] have explored the relationship between investors' personality and their risk tolerance.”
The effects of behavioural factors in investment decision-making: a survey of institutional investors operating at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (2008, background): “Filbeck et al. (2005) argue that prospect theory and EUT approach decision-making from differing perspectives.”
An Empirical Investigation for Determining of the Relation Between Personal Financial Risk Tolerance and Demographic Characteristic (2010, background): “…biological makeup, demographic and socioeconomic profile, personality type and psychological constructs are of primary importance when answering this question (Cesarini et al., 2008: 2; Filbeck et al., 2005: 177; Grable and Joo, 2000; Mayfield et al., 2008: 231; Schooley and Worden, 1996: 87).”