Loss Aversion Calculator

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Instructions

On each of the following 10 pages, you will see a pair of gambles. Each gamble has three equally likely outcomes.

For each page, please choose which gamble you prefer.

Tell us a bit about yourself.

Gender


Age


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A
${{question.options[0].win}}
$0
-${{question.options[0].lose}}
B
${{question.options[1].win}}
$0
-${{question.options[1].lose}}

Results

You experience losses

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times stronger than gains.

This means that you are not averse to losses, which is different than most people. Given this tendency, it's important to evaluate your investment portfolio and ensure that it properly reflects your attitudes towards gains and losses.

You experience gains and losses about the same way.

This means that you are much less loss averse than most people. Given this tendency, it's important to evaluate your investment portfolio and ensure that it properly reflects your attitudes towards gains and losses.

You experience losses

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times stronger than gains.

This means that you are less loss averse than most people. Given this tendency, it's important to evaluate your investment portfolio and ensure that it properly reflects your attitudes towards gains and losses.

You experience losses

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times stronger than gains.

This means that you are about as loss averse as the average person. Given this tendency, it's important to evaluate your investment portfolio and ensure it takes your aversion to losses into account.

You experience losses

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times stronger than gains.

This means that you are more loss averse than most people. Given this tendency, it's important to evaluate your investment portfolio and ensure that it takes your aversion to losses into account.

You experience losses

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times stronger than gains.

This means that you are much more loss averse than most people. Given this tendency, it's important to evaluate your investment portfolio and ensure that it takes your aversion to losses into account.

You experience losses more than

10

times stronger than gains.

This means that you are far more loss averse than most people. Given this tendency, it's important to evaluate your investment portfolio and ensure it takes your aversion to losses into account.

While this is our best estimate of your sensitivity to losses, please be aware that your responses exhibited some inconsistencies. Feel free to retake the test.