TY - BOOK AU - Lucarelli, Caterina, AU - Brighetti, Gianni, TI - Risk tolerance in financial decision making T2 - Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions SN - 9780230281134 (hardback) AV - HD61 .R5747 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Financial risk management KW - Finance KW - Decision making KW - Risk management KW - bisacsh KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics KW - PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-264) and index; Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- The Role of Risk in the Investment Decision Process: Traditional vs Behavioural Finance; Mazzoli & Marinelli -- Household Behaviour and Debt Decisions; Vandone -- The Traditional Approach to Evaluate the Risk Tolerance for Investment Decisions; Mazzoli & Marinelli -- Fallacy of Traditional Measures for a Responsible Borrowing; Vandone -- Decision Making: Psychological Perspective; Ottaviani, Nucifora, Borlimi & Brighetti -- The Layout of the Empirical Analysis; Lucarelli, Ottaviani & Vandone -- The Indicators of Risk; Lucarelli & Palomba -- Results on the Investment Side; Lucarelli & Palomba -- The Determinants of Households Indebtedness and Over-Indebtedness: An Empirical Analysis Focussing on Risk Attitudes; Vandone -- The Implication for Market Participants and for Regulators; Brighetti, Lucarelli & Vandone N2 - "This book sheds light on the emotional side of risk taking behaviour using an innovative cross-disciplinary approach, mixing financial competences with psychology and affective neuroscience. In doing so, it shows the implications for market participants and regulators in terms of transparency and communication between intermediaries and customers"-- ER -