Lecture 7: Risk Preferences I

MIT 14.13 Psychology and Economics, Spring 2020 Instructor: Prof. Frank Schilbach View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/14-13S20 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63Z979ri_UXXk_1zrvrF77Q In this video, Prof. Schilbach describes how economics looks at risk preferences, that is, choices involving risk. Specifically, he covers the topics of risk aversion, expected utility, absurd implications, and small vs. large-scale risk aversion. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at https://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at https://ocw.mit.edu Support OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQ We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments..