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Risikopräferenzen für zeitoptimale Portfolioselektion
Bouzaima, Martin - 2010
Einführung -- Eine Entscheidungstheorie für zeitoptimale Entscheidungen -- Risikoneigung über Zielerreichungszeiten - Eine Analyse auf Basis der klassischen Zeitpräferenztheorie -- Risikoneigung über Zielerreichungszeiten - Eine Analyse auf Basis eines neuen St. Petersburg-Spiels --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014425155
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Uncertainty and Risk : Mental, Formal, Experimental Representations
Abdellaoui, Mohammed; Luce, Robert Duncan; Machina, Mark J. - 2007
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520749
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Precaution Incentives in Accident Settings
Friehe, Tim - 2008
Tim Friehe analyzes important aspects for the design of tort law which intends to induce optimal individual choices and possible limitations of workable tort law in varied settings. He highlights the consequences of the consideration of hitherto neglected behavioral dimensions for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521129
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Option Pricing in Fractional Brownian Markets
Rostek, Stefan (contributor) - 2009
The scientific debate of recent years about option pricing with respect to fractional Brownian motion was focused on the feasibility of the no arbitrage pricing approach. As the unrestricted fractional market setting allows for arbitrage, the conventional reasoning is that fractional Brownian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521157
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Why managers and companies take risks
Coleman, Les - 2006
risky, what leads them to choose the risky alternative? The answer starts with a detailed review of the theory behind risk … risky, what leads them to choose the risky alternative? The answer starts with a detailed review of the theory behind risk … directors to analyse why they take risks, and how companies control risks. Integrating theory and evidence the book develops a …
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Bank Capital and Risk-Taking : The Impact of Capital Regulation, Charter Value, and the Business Cycle
Stolz, Stéphanie (contributor) - 2007
The year-long consultations on Basel II mirror the international popularity of capital requirements as a regulatory instrument. Yet, the impact of capital requirements on banks' behavior is not fully understood. The aim of this study is to contribute to this understanding by answering the...
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The Origin of the Capitalist Firm : An Entrepreneurial/Contractual Theory of the Firm
Zhang, Weiying - 2018
-- Chapter 5 Conclusions -- References -- Appendix 1: A Principal-agent Theory of Public Economy and Its Applications to China … -- Appendix 2: Decision Rights, Residual Claim and Performance: A Theory of How Chinese State-owned Enterprise Reform Works. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396298
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Risk Culture in Banking
Carretta, Alessandro; Fiordelisi, Franco; Schwizer, Paola - 2017
This book explores risk culture in banks following the financial crisis. It analyses the role of national and institutional risk culture, market competitiveness, organisational systems and institutional practices that led to a weakening of risk culture in financial institutions leading up to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397523
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Natural Disasters and Individual Behaviour in Developing Countries : Risk, Trust and the Demand for Microinsurance
Fiala, Oliver - 2017
experiment, the study highlights the importance of perceptions, expectations and psychological factors in decision …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397954
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Formulating Principal-Agent Service Contracts for a Revenue Generating Unit
Zeng, Shuo - 2016
This book examines contractual options for a performance based contract between an owner of a revenue generating unit and a repair agent for such unit. The framework of the analysis is that of economists' principal-agent problem. The contractual options of a principal and an agent are modeled as...
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