Das Verhalten in Entscheidungssituationen ist nach SCHADE und STEUL (1998: 7) von den Komponenten Risikoeinstellung, Risikowahrnehmung und Ergebniswahrnehmung bestimmt. Während Risikoeinstellung und Ergebniswahrnehmung in der psychologischen und experimentellen Entscheidungsforschung eine...

We examine the traditional deterrence game between Challenger and Defender. We treat two variations of the game - the complete information game and the one-sided information game where the first mover, Challenger, is the uncertain player. We employ sequential decision theory to analyze the game...

Market orientation has been cited as a source of competitive advantage that allows the firm to construct offerings superior to those of competitors by the effective collection and dissemination of and reaction to market intelligence. Previous work on market orientation has focused on the effort...

This dissertation studies two interesting business cycle issues. Thefirst issue concerns the effectiveness of tax policies in stimulatingan economic recovery. The second issue concerns the costs ofbusiness cycle fluctuations to an investor who chooses to invest inrisky assets. The first essay...

This dissertation studies two interesting business cycle issues. The first issue concerns the effectiveness of tax policies in stimulating an economic recovery. The second issue concerns the costs of business cycle fluctuations to an investor who chooses to invest in risky assets. The first...

The consumption capital asset pricing model is the standard economic model used to capture stock market behavior. However, empirical tests have pointed out to its inability to account quantitatively for the high average rate of return and volatility of stocks over time for plausible parameter...

This paper tests whether utility is the same for risk and for uncertainty. This test is critical for models that capture ambiguity aversion through a difference in event weighting between risk and uncertainty, like the multiple priors models and prospect theory. We present a new method to...

Deviations from normality in financial return series have led to the development of alternative portfolio selection models. One such model is the downside risk model, whereby the investor maximizes his return given a downside risk constraint. In this paper we empirically observe the...