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that theory predicts an inversion when consumers are either risk or loss averse. In those cases, an increase in price …Do the choices of consumers who search for a product's best price exhibit risk neutral, risk averse or loss averse risk … pay for continued search and the level of price uncertainty depends on her risk preferences. Independent of the current …
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We show that if an agent is uncertain about the precise form of his utility function, his actual relative risk aversion … may depend on wealth even if he knows his utility function lies in the class of constant relative risk aversion (CRRA … their risk aversion parameter invest less in risky assets than wealthy investors with identical risk aversion uncertainty. …
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creating a link. However, the interplay of such uncertainty and risk attitudes has been neglected in the network formation …, incomplete information, and risk aversion. The model predicts that an agent's risk aversion is correlated with her network …
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Firms hiring fresh graduates face uncertainty on the future productivity of workers. Theory suggests that starting … if the variance of exam grades is higher and higher if the skew is higher: employers shift the cost of productivity risk … to new hires, but pay for the opportunity to catch a really good worker. Estimating the extent of risk cost sharing …
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The analysis in this paper shows that unpredictable variations in economic productivity may have a positive or negative effect on the average growth rate of output. This theoretical ambiguity result is not solely determined by the value of the elasticity of intertemporal substitution (of...
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common knowledge, except that bidders have private degrees of aversion to downside-risk. In this model, the optimal FPA … risk or risk aversion generally leads to lower equilibrium bids. …
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perturbation theory to derive an approximate tractable expression for this cost adjusted for climatic and economic risk. We allow … for different aversion to risk and intertemporal fluctuations, skewness and dynamics in the risk distributions of climate …
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experiments. Contrary to the traditional view of expected utility theory, the choices can be explained in large part by previous … outcomes experienced during the game. Risk aversion decreases after earlier expectations have been shattered by unfavorable … outcomes or surpassed by favorable outcomes. Our results point to reference-dependent choice theories such as prospect theory …
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be risk averse, (ii) the bidders can have heterogeneous risk preferences, and (iii) the auction can have a binding … reserve price. Our analysis reveals that the premium has an intricate joint effect on risk sharing and expected revenue, which … in general benefits risk averse bidders. When the seller is more risk averse than the pivotal bidder - a condition often …
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