Is Roger Federer more loss averse than Serena Williams?

Anbarcı, Nejat; Arın, K. Peren; Ökten, Çağla; Zenker, Christina

doi:10.1080/00036846.2016.1262527

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“…Our discussion of the empirical results starts with Table 6, which provides coecient estimates for the parametric parts of models (12) and (13). Our results, consistent with Anbarci et al (2017), show that both male and female players serve significantly slower in their second attempt. Moreover, serve speed for males is significantly higher in the final round of the competition, when the stakes are the highest.…”

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“…However, this result can be explained with the timing of loss-aversion, as documented by Anbarci et al (2017). In order to investigate this we have a closer look at how the point di↵erence in a game and how the game di↵erence in a set a↵ects the serve speed for male and female players.…”

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“…Only serves that were counted in were included in the dataset, since the Hawk-eye technology does not measure the serve speed for serves that are ruled as out. Our first category of independent variables uses the serves that are ruled in: The serve-speed data was also used in Anbarci et al (2017). However, Hawk-Eye also captures the location of the service in the field of the receiver.…”

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“…3 We test the implication of our model that a server will be less risk averse in his/her serve speed and in trying to serve closer to the center of the T-line when behind in score than when ahead in score using novel data from the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in 2013, by utilizing advanced semi-parametric econometric methods. We build upon Anbarci et al (2017) by also explicitly taking the serve location into account. We can therefore test loss-aversion in a multi-dimensional setting with the use of our state-of-the-art empirical methodology that can account for interaction between our variables of interest.…”

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Revisiting loss aversion: Evidence from professional tennis

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“…To maximize sensitivity to detect such risk-tolerance, we sought to remove some likely confounding variables. First, because there are significant gender differences in attitudes to food and calorie estimation that might be relevant to our food rewards [41,42] and in attitudes to risk/uncertainty per se [43][44][45], we restricted our sample to females.…”

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Exploring preferences for variable delays over fixed delays to high-value food rewards as a model of food-seeking behaviours in humans

Stokes

Davies

Lattimore

et al. 2018

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Foraging and operant models suggest that animals will tolerate uncertainty or risk to obtain food quickly. In modern food environments, sustained access to quick energy-dense foods can promote weight gain. Here, we used a discrete-choice procedure to examine peoples' decisions about when next to eat high-value, palatable food rewards, probabilistically delivered immediately or following longer delays. In Experiment 1, moderately hungry young females showed consistent preferences for a variable delay option that delivered food rewards immediately or following long delays over a fixed delay option that delivered the same rewards following intermediate delays. These preferences were stronger in females with higher BMIs compared with lower BMIs, suggesting that quick food can enhance the value of uncertain or ‘risky’ food-seeking strategies in individuals vulnerable to future weight gain. In Experiment 2, prior exposure to a subtle and not easily identifiable food aroma increased selections of the variable delay option following delayed food rewards in a mixed sample of male and female adults, providing preliminary evidence that food cues can sustain uncertain food-seeking strategies. These data highlight a working hypothesis that the rapid delivery and consumption of food rewards, and food cues, can increase risk-tolerance in the food-seeking behaviours of individuals who are vulnerable to weight gain. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Risk taking and impulsive behaviour: fundamental discoveries, theoretical perspectives and clinical implications’.

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Are individuals more generous in loss contexts?

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Grolleau³

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Using a loss-framed variant of the dictator game, we investigate how dictators split a loss between themselves and a recipient. In a loss context, we try to disentangle the effects of a more self-oriented preference from that of a higher social responsibility. We find that in the loss context, individuals offer more, and women offer more than men. This could be attributed to a more responsible response to a powerless recipient in a loss context.

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Is Roger Federer more loss averse than Serena Williams?

Cited by 8 publications

References 43 publications

Revisiting loss aversion: Evidence from professional tennis

Revisiting loss aversion: Evidence from professional tennis

Exploring preferences for variable delays over fixed delays to high-value food rewards as a model of food-seeking behaviours in humans

Are individuals more generous in loss contexts?

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