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Even when a man and a woman perform equally well in a task - say, solving math problems - men are more willing to enter competitions based on that task. Men also show less risk aversion.
Sendhil Mullainathan

Meaning of "risk aversion" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RISK AVERSION

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RISK AVERSION

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Risk aversion is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RISK AVERSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Risk aversion

Risk aversion is a concept in economics and finance, based on the behavior of humans while exposed to uncertainty to attempt to reduce that uncertainty. Risk aversion is the reluctance of a person to accept a bargain with an uncertain payoff rather than another bargain with a more certain, but possibly lower, expected payoff. For example, a risk-averse investor might choose to put his or her money into a bank account with a low but guaranteed interest rate, rather than into a stock that may have high expected returns, but also involves a chance of losing value.

Definition of risk aversion in the English dictionary

The definition of risk aversion in the dictionary is a strong disinclination to take risks.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RISK AVERSION

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rising star
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risk
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risk capital
risk factor
risk management
risk one´s neck
risk-taking
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WORDS THAT END LIKE RISK AVERSION

aspersion
aversion
barn conversion
commission
conversion
dispersion
diversion
excursion
immersion
incursion
inversion
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perversion
recursion
seroconversion
subversion
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the Dispersion
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torsion
version

Synonyms and antonyms of risk aversion in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «risk aversion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RISK AVERSION

Find out the translation of risk aversion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of risk aversion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «risk aversion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

风险厌恶情绪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aversión al riesgo
570 millions of speakers

English

risk aversion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जोखिम से बचने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العزوف عن المخاطرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неприятие риска
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aversão ao risco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝুঁকি অপ্রবৃত্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aversion au risque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keengganan risiko
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Risikoaversion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

危険回避
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위험 회피
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Risiko ora bisa ditindakake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lo ngại rủi ro
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடர் தவிர்ப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धोका तीव्रता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

riskten kaçınma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

avversione al rischio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

awersja do ryzyka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неприйняття ризику
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aversiunii față de risc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποστροφή κινδύνου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

risikovermyding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

riskaversion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

risikoaversjon
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about risk aversion

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3 QUOTES WITH «RISK AVERSION»

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Sendhil Mullainathan
Even when a man and a woman perform equally well in a task - say, solving math problems - men are more willing to enter competitions based on that task. Men also show less risk aversion.
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Jens Nordvig
When you have risk aversion in Japan, the normal day-to-day outflows that happen in a normal market environment slow down.
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Peter Thiel
I believe we are in a world where innovation in stuff was outlawed. It was basically outlawed in the last 40 years - part of it was environmentalism, part of it was risk aversion.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RISK AVERSION»

Discover the use of risk aversion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to risk aversion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Measuring Risk Aversion
Measuring Risk Aversion summarizes, discusses, and interprets the published research on this topic for decision makers who maximize expected utility.
Donald J. Meyer, Jack Meyer, 2006
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Risk Aversion in Experiments
This volume provides systematic reviews of the theoretical implications of revealed patterns of risk aversion for bounded and unbounded domains, the experimental procedures for eliciting and estimating risk attitudes, and the econometric ...
James C. Cox, Glenn W. Harrison, 2008
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Lectures on Macroeconomics
It is then also the coefficient of relative risk aversion, defined as - u"(c)c/u'(c). Thus this function is also called the constant relative risk aversion (CRRA) utility function.10 Substantial empirical work has been devoted to estimating a under the ...
Olivier J. Blanchard, Stanley Fischer, 1989
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Risk Aversion in Low Income Countries: Experimental Evidence ...
Following Sandmo's work, there have been several attempts in the empirical literature to measure the degree of risk aversion of farm households. Some have used actual production data while others have applied an experimental approach to ...
Randy Bluffstone, 2007
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Intertemporal Substitution, Risk Aversion, and Private ...
Patricio Arrau, Sweder van Wijnbergen. establish a significant impact: of real interest rates on pri/ate consumption.1/ More recently, the theoretical basis for such exercises has come under attack. As an alternative, empirical work based on ...
Patricio Arrau, Sweder van Wijnbergen, 1991
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Political Risk Aversion
Laura Valderrama. contrasts with Rajan and Zingales (2003) who show how a sudden opening to trade and capital fiows may tilt the balance of power by bringing in foreign investors. Enhanced competition may incite the financial elite to press ...
Laura Valderrama, 2009
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Strategic Risk Taking: A Framework for Risk Management
Strategic Risk Taking: A Framework for Risk Management is the first book to take this broader view, encompassing both risk hedging at one end of the spectrum and strategic risk taking on the other.
Aswath Damodaran, 2008
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Essays on the measurements sensitivity of risk aversion and ...
2 A simultaneous approach to the estimation of Risk Aversion and the Subjective Time Discount Rate* 2.1 Introduction In standard economic analysis, decisions that involve a risk or a time dimension are traditionally analyzed separately within  ...
Adam Sanoé Booij, 2009
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Sovereign Spreads: Global Risk Aversion, Contagion or ...
Miguel A. Segoviano Basurto, Carlos Caceres, Vincenzo Guzzo. spreads is the level of short-term interest rates. If investors take on more liquidity and credit risk in the government bond market when interest rates are low, spreads will be ...
Miguel A. Segoviano Basurto, Carlos Caceres, Vincenzo Guzzo, 2010
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Strategic Risk Taking: A Framework for Risk Management
If we can specify the relationship between utility and wealth in a function, the risk aversion coefficient measures how much utility we gain (or lose) as we add (or subtract) from our wealth. The first derivative of the utility function (dU/dW or U') ...
Aswath Damodaran, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RISK AVERSION»

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USDJPY Will Drop as Risk Aversion Intensify, But It Will Rally if Severe
The S&P 500 is a great measure of risk aversion, but the USDJPY may be better. From the equity index, words like 'persistent', 'durable' and 'complacent' have ... «DailyFX, Jul 15»
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#RandReport: Rand snaps losses as risk aversion abates
Picture: The rand hit four-week lows against the dollar after Greece's vote to reject a rescue package prompted a flight from risk. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN. «Eyewitness News, Jul 15»
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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ weakens on risk aversion, rate-cut …
CANADA FX DEBT-C$ weakens on risk aversion, rate-cut expectations ... greenback on Wednesday as risk aversion gathered pace in markets around the world ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
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Currencies dominated by risk aversion
Risk aversion dominated trading, a sentiment that has gathered pace in the aftermath of Sunday's No vote in the Greek referendum. The grim mood in Brussels ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
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Creditors reject Greek proposals, volatility and risk aversion hit …
Risk aversion has also hit markets. Japanese Yen rose against most of its counterpart's even dollar after the news has hit wires. Stakes are rising over Euro zone ... «EconoTimes, Jun 15»
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Wall Street Held Down By Risk Aversion
U.S. stocks declined on Monday in the absence of any major domestic trading catalysts and amid the risk aversion triggered by overseas risks, which created ... «RTT News, Jun 15»
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BS Poll: Rupee seen weakening as risk aversion among global …
The period between May and June is considered to be negative for the global equity market, owing to which risk aversion is high. That will be rupee-negative,” ... «Business Standard, Apr 15»
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Risk Aversion And Evolution: Biologically, You Should Love The …
How risk averse we are correlates to the size of the group in which we were raised. If reared in a small group - fewer than 150 people - we tend to be much more ... «Science 2.0, Feb 15»
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Corporate Risk Aversion Stifling Growth
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Companies that embrace strategic risk taking and make smart risk decisions can realize twice the amount of ... «PR Newswire, Oct 14»
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Clients Less Anxious but Risk Aversion Is Rising, Advisors Say
However, 35% of survey participants expected their clients' risk aversion to increase over the next 12 months, significantly up from 17% who had expected ... «ThinkAdvisor, Sep 14»

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