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Buyout booms form in response to declines in the aggregate risk premium. We document that the equity risk premium is the primary determinant of buyout activity rather than credit-specific conditions. We articulate a simple explanation for this phenomenon: a low risk premium increases the present...
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In this paper we study "investment tournaments," a class of decision problems that involve gradual allocation of … investment among several alternatives whose values are subject to exogenous shocks. The decision-maker's payoff is determined by … broad range of cases it is optimal for the decision-maker in each time period to allocate all resources to the most …
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Thomas Brauchle präsentiert eine interdisziplinäre Analyse der Anforderungen an das unternehmerische Ermessen des Vorstands und damit verbundener Rechtsgebiete durch Anwendung einer wirtschaftlichen Betrachtungsweise. Die Anforderungen werden durch die Entwicklung eines Systems aus...
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question within behavioral economics, namely the research on reference points within human decision making processes. Based on … economics or organizational theory. · Practitioners such as managers and consultants interested in decision making processes …
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What is the impact of time-varying business uncertainty on economic activity? Using partly confidential business survey data from the U.S. and Germany in structural VARs, we find that positive innovations to business uncertainty lead to prolonged declines in economic activity. In contrast, their...
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This book tries to sort out the different meanings of uncertainty and to discover their foundations. It shows that uncertainty can be represented using various tools and mental guidelines. Coverage also examines alternative ways to deal with risk and risk attitude concepts. Behavior under...
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