This paper generalizes the theory of irreversible investment under uncertainty by allowing for risk averse investors in … the absence of com-plete markets.Until now this theory has only been developed in the cases of risk neutrality, or risk … price that distinguishes price regions in which it is optimal for a risk averse investor to invest and price regions in …

robustness through risk analysis, which uses Latin hypercube sampling (LHS) to estimate the probabilities of specific system … systems, namely Kanban, Conwip, Hybrid, and Generic. In this example, Hybrid turns out to be best. However, when risk is … ignored, then Generic is best; so risk considerations do make a difference! The methodology can be easily applied to any …

banks can extract market power rents. We show that more bank competition results in lower economy-wide risk, lower bank … allocation and optimal levels of bank risk and capitalization. These results are at variance with those obtained by a large … systemic risk in the economy. …

risk, even if banks fully internalize the costs of negative outcomes. In this way, banks can reduce the surplus they have … unambiguously lead to reduced risk-taking by their top traders. …