Risk Attitudes and Conflict in the Household
利用全国代表性样本，研究发现夫妻间风险态度差异显著预测未来婚姻不稳定，且差异越大，家庭公共物品共享越少，而稳定家庭中风险态度会随时间趋同。
Abstract Risk attitudes determine decision making by individuals. Theoretically, heterogeneity in risk attitudes also affects household behaviour, increasing or decreasing marital instability, depending on whether households benefit primarily from sharing public goods or risk. Using a nationally representative sample with repeated measurements of risk attitudes, this paper shows that intrahousehold heterogeneity in risk attitudes is an economically and statistically significant predictor of future marital instability. Consistent with models of public good sharing, preference heterogeneity is associated with less public good sharing. Furthermore, risk attitudes converge within stable households over time. These findings highlight the empirical relevance of risk attitudes in explaining household behaviour.