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explore this possibility, I develop a theory that unifies models of investment choice, informal risk sharing, and formal … financial contracts. I then test the predictions of this theory using a series of experiments with clients of a large … inefficiencies. First, borrowers free-ride on their partners, making risky investments without compensating partners for this risk …
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Building on previous studies on perceptions of inequality, welfare and risk we investigate the structure of individuals …' rankings of uncertain prospects in terms of risk and their relationship to individual preferences. We examine three interlinked … propositions that are fundamental to the standard economic approach to risk: (i) that rankings by risk are simply the reverse of …
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Orderings of income distribution in terms of inequality should be closely related to orderings in terms of risk. Using … a novel mult-country questgionnaire experiment we examine the basis for this claim in terms of respondents …' distributional perceptions. We show that in terms of both inequality and risk individuals consistently reject one of the standard …
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The objective of this paper is to propose a model to assess risk for banks. Its main innovation is to incorporate … endogenous interaction between banks, recognising that the actual risk to which an individual bank is exposed also depends on its … data and therefore can be implemented as a risk assessment tool for financial regulators and central banks. We address the …
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This paper proposes a measure of financial fragility that is based on economic welfare in a general equilbrium model calibrated against UK data. The model comprises a household sector, three active heterogeneous banks, a central bank/regulator, incomplete markets, and endogenous default. We...
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economically and statistically significant negative impact on risk-adjusted returns of approximately 1-2 percentage points, holding … constant other relevant factors. The use of explicit limits on asset allocation can be a blunt instrument for regulating risk …-taking, in that they impede investment managers’ ability to exploit the benefits of portfolio diversification, and thus distort …
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This study examines whether the impact of offline identities on computer-mediated communication is stable across different social contexts or whether it depends on which identity aspect is salient. Field experiments with 206 teenagers tested the influence of gendered, ethnic, youth and...
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risk. To do so, the article unravels the much-misunderstood experiences of eight Norwegian municipalities whose investments … analytical concepts—“the fetishization of the knowledge of risk” and “fictitious distance”—to help explain how the crisis spread …
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