TY - BOOK AU - Bernard, April TI - Individual risk propensity and risk background PY - 2007/// CY - [St. Michael]BB PB - Central Bank of Barbados N2 - Considers the role that socio-psychological and socio-cultural factors play in individual decisions to take risk. Finds that gender had a significant influence on the probability of engaging in investment and every day risk decisions, but a relatively insignificant impact on insurance decisions ER -