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Emotions, economic expectations and risk attitudes among soldiers during a military operation / Garyn-Tal, Sharon; Shahrabani, Shosh

Shahrabani, Shosh	Journal Article
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Using data from a field study conducted among soldiers during the 2014 Protective-Edge military operation (OPE) in the Gaza Strip, this article examines the effect of exposure to war on soldiers’ emotions, economic expectations, and willingness to take risks. The results suggest that combat soldiers who took part in OPE were more willing to take risks and more optimistic. The analytical results indicate that among combat soldiers, levels of negative emotions were negatively related to individual economic expectations, while being present in the staging area close to OPE significantly and positively affected the level of their economic expectations.

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Israel ; Military Operation ; soldiers ; Military service ; Emotions ; Risk Attitudes ;
Operation Protective Edge ; Economic Expectations

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Risk attitudes and migration / Akgüç, Mehtap; Liu, Xingfei ; Tani, Massimiliano ; Zimmermann, Klaus F

Akgüç, Mehtap	Journal Article
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To contribute to a scarce literature, in particular for developing and emerging economies, we study the nature of measured risk attitudes and their consequences for migration. We also investigate whether substantial changes in the risk environment influence risk tolerance. Using the 2009 RUMiC data for China, we find that rural–urban migrants and their family members are substantially less risk-averse than stayers. We further provide suggestive evidence that individual risk attitudes are unaffected by substantial changes in the environment and that risk tolerance is correlated across generations.

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Migration ; China ; Risk Aversion ; Risk Attitudes

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