public sector, it may be economically rational for those at risk not to invest in protective measures. Risk management …. These may include multi-year insurance contracts, well-enforced regulations, third-party inspections, and alternative risk …

Individuals' risk preferences are estimated and employed in a variety of settings, notably including choices in …' coefficients of relative risk aversion (CRRA's) in excess of one, and often significantly higher. However, it can be shown that …) anomaly involving individuals' risk-taking behavior in different market settings. …

This paper demonstrates gender differences in risk aversion and ambiguity aversion. It also contributes to a growing … of cognition. Women are more risk averse than men. Over an initial range, women require no further compensation for the … as men. Psychological variables account for some of the interpersonal variation in risk aversion. They explain none of …

little credit risk. The borrowing in this model takes the form of a repurchase agreement ("repo") or asset-backed commercial …" (the information state gets worse), or "no news" (the information state remains the same). When rollover risk is high … during the crisis for asset-backed securities with low credit risk once bad news about the underlying cash flows arrived. …