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SUMMARY:Jeanet Sinding Bentzen — Risky Business? Religiosity and Risk-Tak
 ing in Full-Population Danish Data
DESCRIPTION:Why do individuals differ so persistently in their willingness 
 to take economic risks? This paper investigates whether religiosity\, part
 icularly the intensity of religious belief\, and helps explain this variat
 ion. The research considers two competing theoretical predictions: religio
 us teachings discourage immoral and unlawful behavior\, while the religiou
 s coping literature suggests that belief in a benevolent God reduces backg
 round anxiety and effectively provides psychological insurance. Using Dani
 sh administrative data covering the full population over three decades\, t
 ogether with a novel naming-based measure of individual religiosity\, the 
 paper finds that more religious individuals are significantly more likely 
 to be self-employed and to hold a larger share of their assets in stocks. 
 These effects are economically meaningful\, corresponding to roughly a qua
 rter of the wealth effect on economic risk-taking. The findings also remai
 n significant when comparing individuals within sibling…\n\nhttps://loca
 lz.events/e/jeanet-sinding-bentzen-risky-business-religiosity-and-risk-tak
 ing-in-full-population-danish-data-123045
LOCATION:Stanford
URL:https://localz.events/e/jeanet-sinding-bentzen-risky-business-religiosi
 ty-and-risk-taking-in-full-population-danish-data-123045
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