This paper demonstrates that well-established biases in decision making under uncertainty can generate poverty traps. A …

In this paper we perform a meta-analysis on empirical estimates of the impact between investment and uncertainty. Since … can explain to a large extent why empirical estimates of the investment-uncertainty relationship differ. …

increases with risk aversion and financial market uncertainty. We find that it is likely that mandatory participation is …We explore the feasibility of a funded pension system with intergenerational risk sharing when participation in the … necessary to sustain a funded pension pillar and to let participants benefit from intergenerational risk sharing. …

This paper distinguishes uncertainty types that differ continuously with respect to the degree to which uncertainty … uncertainty types can lead to quite special results. Monopoly examples of the newsboy problem type are further used to show that … depends crucially on the type of uncertainty and the employed functional forms for utilities and costs. …

differences in risk premia. We deduct testable hypotheses on the basis of which we empirically analyze the impact of uncertainty …We study a two-stage R&D project with an abandonment option. Two types of uncertainty influence the decision to start R …&D. Demand uncertainty is modelled as a lottery between a proportional increase and decrease in demand. Technical uncertainty is …

their risk aversion parameter invest less in risky assets than wealthy investors with identical risk aversion uncertainty. …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 …

-varying forecast uncertainty and risk for the real price of oil over the period 1974-2018. We show that the combination approach …We propose a novel and numerically efficient quantification approach to forecast uncertainty of the real price of oil … analysis of profit-loss and hedging against price risk. …

-varying forecast uncertainty and risk for the real price of oil over the period 1974-2018. We show that the combination approach …We propose a novel and numerically efficient quantification approach to forecast uncertainty of the real price of oil … analysis of profit-loss and hedging against price risk. …