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Corporate investment decisions under asymmetric information and uncertainty
Bell, Peter N - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
uncertainty where the company is presented an investment opportunity with a certain cost and random benefit. The agent must decide …
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The phased approach to time value of money in economic analysis of investment projects
Daskovskiy, Vadim; Kiselyov, Vladimir - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Method discounting cash flow (DCF) is analyzed in the article. Article is demonstrating complete economic insolvency DCF. The fallacy of discounting method causes serious distortion of the results. It’s wide usage entails negative consequences not only for the concrete investor, but also for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260371
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Assessment of investment projects on the basis of production efficiency
Daskovskiy, Vadim; Kiselyov, Vladimir - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Methodologically, the recommended investment project (IP) selection system is distinguished from one in force by: new conception allowing for time factor; evaluating IP efficiency by eventual reproduction results, not by intermediate investment activity results (included is a generalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260914
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Experimental Evidence on Valuation and Learning with Multiple Priors
Qiu, Jianying; Weitzel, Utz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Abstract Popular models for decision making under ambiguity assume that people use not one but multiple priors. This paper is a first attempt to experimentally elicit multiple priors. In an ambiguous scenario with two underlying states we measure a subject’s single prior, her other potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258993
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Effects of Uncertainty on Household Saving Rate
Zaman, Rubaiya; Carannate, Maria; Ferra, Emi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In this master thesis we attempted to investigate the role of economic uncertainty in driving the behavior of household … main sources of economic uncertainty: Unemployment Risk, Fiscal Policy Uncertainty and Financial Crisis-Investment risk. We … used Unemployment rate as a proxy for labor income uncertainty and the risk of an income loss. We computed the volatility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259009
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Uncertainty, Instability, and the Control of Markets
Jo, Tae-Hee - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Grounded in the methodological commitments shared by various traditions in heterodox economics, this paper explores going enterprises’ cooperative actions to control markets through social networks. It is argued that 1) market institutions are created and controlled by business enterprises and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259220
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Assessing uncertainty in Europe and the US: is there a common uncertainty factor?
Sauter, Oliver - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper is an empirical investigation of uncertainty in the Euro Zone as well as the US. It conducts a factor … analysis of uncertainty measures starting in 2001 until the end of 2011. For this purpose I use survey-based data provided by … implied volatility of stock market movements. Each measure shows an increase in uncertainty during the last years marked by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259226
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The Problem of Points
Cantillo, Andres - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
According to Katz [6] some of the basic notions of probability existed in ancient civilizations. In The Talmud and in Roman calculations of annuities there is some evidence of this. However, no record of numerical probability calculations exists. Hald [5], Bernstein [1] and Katz [6] agree that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259826
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Joint Adoption of Safer Irrigation Technologies under Uncertainty: Evidence from Ghana
Owusu, Victor; Abdulai, Awudu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper examines joint adoption of safer irrigation technologies under uncertainty. The new irrigation technologies …
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Evidence review and experts’ opinion on consumer acceptance of agrifood nanotechnology
Yawson, Robert M.; Kuzma, Jennifer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
commercialization of agricultural and food (agrifood) nanotechnology that may limit its full potential, including uncertainty about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260335