Risk taking by agents: The role of ex-ante and ex-post accountability [Dataset]https://doi.org/10.11588/data/10066Pollmann, MoniquePotters, JanTrautmann, Stefan T.heiDATA2016-01-282017-04-05T14:37:59ZWe study the role of accountability in situations where an agent makes risky decisions for a principal. We observe that in the absence of accountability, agents choose less risk averse investments for the principal than investors who invest for their own account. Accountability mitigates the observed decrease in risk aversion. Differences are observed between situations where agents are accountable for their decision ("ex-ante") and where they are accountable for the outcome ("ex-post").Social SciencesDecision under riskdecisions of agentsaccountabilityPollmann, M., J. Potters, and S.T.Trautmann (2014). Risk taking by agents: The role of ex-ante and ex-post accountability. Economics Letters 123, 387-390., doi, doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2014.04.004, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2014.04.00420112016-01-28behavioral experiment; laboratoryNetherlandsLicensed under a <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.  <img src='https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/80x15.png' alt='CC by' /></a>We would like to make these data and do-files freely available. People using the data should cite the data/publication.