We study how the ratio between the length of the second and fourth digit (2D:4D) correlates with choices in social and risk preferences elicitation tasks by building a large dataset from five experimental projects with more than 800 subjects. Our results confirm the recent literature that downplays the link between 2D:4D and many domains of economic interest, such as social and risk preferences. As for the former, we find that social preferences are significantly lower when 2D:4D is above the median value only for subjects with low cognitive ability. As for the latter, we find that a high 2D:4D is not correlated with the frequency of subjects’ risky choices.

Facts and Misconceptions about 2D:4D, Social and Risk Preferences / Alonso, Judit; Di Paolo, Roberto; Ponti, Giovanni Benedetto; Sartarelli, Marcello. - In: FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE. - ISSN 1662-5153. - 12:22(2018), pp. 1-11. [10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00022]

Facts and Misconceptions about 2D:4D, Social and Risk Preferences

Giovanni Ponti;
2018

Abstract

We study how the ratio between the length of the second and fourth digit (2D:4D) correlates with choices in social and risk preferences elicitation tasks by building a large dataset from five experimental projects with more than 800 subjects. Our results confirm the recent literature that downplays the link between 2D:4D and many domains of economic interest, such as social and risk preferences. As for the former, we find that social preferences are significantly lower when 2D:4D is above the median value only for subjects with low cognitive ability. As for the latter, we find that a high 2D:4D is not correlated with the frequency of subjects’ risky choices.
2018
2D:4D, cognitive reflection, gender, risk, social preferences
Facts and Misconceptions about 2D:4D, Social and Risk Preferences / Alonso, Judit; Di Paolo, Roberto; Ponti, Giovanni Benedetto; Sartarelli, Marcello. - In: FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE. - ISSN 1662-5153. - 12:22(2018), pp. 1-11. [10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00022]
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