Se realiza una revisión de literatura sobre la aversión al riesgo en la toma de decisiones médicas. Se presenta la aversión al riesgo desde las teorías de la utilidad esperada subjetiva y desde la utilidad esperada basada en rangos. Se revisan las metodologías de medición de la aversión...

English abstract: From the Behavioral Economics point of view, this paper presents a critic to one dimension of rational choice theory that is widely accepted by Law and Economics scholars. Our hypothesis is that (i) individuals deviate anomalously but predictably of normative assumption of...

English Abstract: The article discusses whether and to what extent experiments can contribute to a research paradigm based on the study of human behaviour in complex evolving environments and on the problem of asymmetric adjustment among different components of economic system along certain...

Spanish Abstract: El objetivo del artículo es efectuar una aproximación desde el behavioral economics a (algunas) políticas públicas desde un punto de vista descriptivo y normativo. Para cumplir el objetivo, (i) el artículo sintetiza dos sesgos cognitivos: el sesgo de status quo y el efecto...

This work provides experimental evidence of the determinants of tax compliance in Mexico, and compares them to the results of an experiment administered in the United States reported by Alm, Jackson and McKee (1992). The results for both countries are contrasted to the predictions of the...

Spanish Abstract: La presente investigación propone un modelo de personalidad de marca en el contexto de las Cadenas de Farmacias en Chile, denominado «Pharmacy Chains Brand Personality» (PCBP). Esta propuesta considera principalmente el modelo desarrollado por Aaker (1997), pero se adapta a...

In defining the guidelines of central governments, regional and local, the participation of civil society has been incorporated as a guiding principle in the construction of development strategies. This initiative involves promoting the participation of people and strengthening civil...

The goal of this research is to find the determinants of individual participation on civil society organizations in Chile through a social capital approach, and to evaluate whether there is a relationship between participation and economic welfare. Several regressions that correct for double...

In an institutional framework, intangible Asset Accountancy is a convenient thing for business, but it does not necessarily find a worth theoretical justification. Within perfect information and continuous activity assumptions, it remains demonstrated that the concept of intangible stands for a...