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exchange rate risk, while the literature mostly studies non-mixed lotteries. We therefore explore investors' behavior in a … risk-seeking in the loss domain, and that the behavior is mostly risk-neutral. …
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We demonstrate that in simple 2 X 2 games (cumulative) prospect theory preferences can be evolutionarily stable, i.e. a population of players with prospect theory preferences can not be invaded by more rational players. This holds also if probability weighting is applied to the probabilities of...
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risk, such as expected utility theory and prospect theory. Hence, to explain the evidence suggesting that agents are … label affective or perceived risk - are endogenized. Affective decision making (ADM) is a strategic model of choice under … risk where we posit two cognitive processes - the rational and the emotional process. The two processes interact in a …
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If a decision maker, in a world of uncertainty à la Anscombe and Aumann (1963), can choose acts according to some objective probability distribution (by throwing dice for instance) from any given set of acts, then there is no set of acts that allows an experimenter to test more than the Axiom...
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. The salient constraint to farmer investment is uninsured risk: when provided with insurance against the primary … catastrophic risk they face, farmers are able to find resources to increase expenditure on their farms. Demand for insurance in … presence of important basis risk associated with the index insurance, and with imperfect trust that promised payouts will be …
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with heterogeneous risk and time preferences. The RDEU model provides an explicit linkage between preference and choice …
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Consistent with nonprofit fundraising practices, donation visibility has been shown to increase giving. While concern for status is used to explain this response, the authors argue that this explanation relies on the assumption that giving signals only income or generosity. When giving signals...
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Share contracts are common in principal-agent relationships when returns are uncertain and it is costly to measure the agent's contribution. Well-known examples of these types of arrangements include sales commissions for real estate agents, contingency fees for attorneys, and cropshare...
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We study a small open economy characterized by two empirically important frictions- incomplete financial markets and an inability of the government to commit to policy. We characterize the best sustainable fiscal policy and show that it can amplify and prolong shocks to output. In particular,...
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Laboratory experiments are an important methodology in economics, especially in the field of behavioral economics. However, it is still debated to what extent results from laboratory experiments can be applied to field settings. One highly important question with respect to the external validity...
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