Monrad, Caroline2019-03-262017-052017-07-142017http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:38811506This paper analyzes the effect of severe weather shocks on risk preferences by using U.S. mutual fund managers as a case study. The mutual fund data is analyzed through a number of techniques including fixed effects modeling, propensity score matching, and a difference-in- differences framework to control for confounding variables. The results suggest that certain weather shocks increase people’s preference for risk as found in other similar analysis.application/pdfenMathematicsEconomics, GeneralThesis or Dissertation2019-03-26