Violence, psychological trauma, and risk attitudes: Evidence from victims of violence in Colombia

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Early life shocks and mental health: The long-term effect of war in Vietnam (2018, background): “…to conflict, studies find that participation in (or exposure to) conflict during adulthood may have adverse affects on mental health (Do and Iyer, 2012; Brattia et al., 2016; Moya, 2018). maybe intergenerational spillovers as well, particularly via poor health of mothers (Akresh et al., 2017).”
Impact of Violent Crime on Risk Aversion: Evidence from the Mexican Drug War (2019, unknown): “Moya (2018) provides evidence on this question and documents that more recent and intense traumatic experiences lead to increased risk aversion.”
The Effects of Police Violence on Inner-City Students* (2020, background): “Similarly, work by Moya (2018) and Callen et al. (2014) demonstrates that exposure to violence more generally may lead to changes in risk aversion.”