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 …

competition a¤ects the industrial dynamics of investment, concentration, and expected returns. When firms have similar production …

question, the evidence suggests uncertainty is damaging for short-run investment and hiring, but there is some evidence it may …

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 …

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 …

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 …

This article estimates the effect of visa restrictions on bilateral trade flows and foreign direct investment (FDI … effects, it is at least questionable whether many of the existing visa restrictions would pass a cost-benefit test. …

employment, investment and productivity, and a moderate loss in GDP. This temporary impact of a second moment shock is different …

This paper analyses a dynamic game of investment in R&D or advertising, where current investments change future market … conditions. It investigates whether underinvestment can be supported in equilibrium by the threat of escalation in investment … investment in equilibrium. Furthermore, potential entry is introduced into the model so as to address the issues of market …

capital to labour with no efficiency effects, but is probably more likely to lead to lower investment rates and economic … senescence. Therefore the impact of unions on productivity, financial performance and investment is extremely important. This … unionisation reduces investment by around one fifth compared with the investment rate in a non-union workplace. In both Canada and …