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as well as descriptive decision and game theory have not provided yet a thorough theoretical treatment of these effects …. Therefore, this thesis develops first a theoretical fundament. It is based on the Cumulative Prospect Theory, which is extended … whereas a risk perception according to the Cumulative Prospect Theory has to be rejected. In multi-person-games the additional …
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My philosophical case study concerns textbook presentations of the theory of demand. Does this theory contain anything …. But then, the theory implies false factual claims. We can avoid this result by embracing the theory’s normative character … of physics by Oliver Timmer. Applying his ideas to the theory of demand reveals that the statements of this discipline …
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preferences beyond the classical concept of expected utility theory. The thesis contains four main chapters.The first two chapters … dependence compared to classical models of expected utility theory. It is shown that some empirical puzzles concerning … utility theory are met. It is shown that the methodological concerns are empirically relevant when a classification of …
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Landwirte wechseln oft nicht von ihrer Hausbank zu einer anderen Bank, auch wenn diese bessere Konditionen bietet. Diese „Wechselträgheit“ kann zum einen in den Transaktionskosten des Wechsels begründet sein. Zum anderen kann sie aber auch das Ergebnis begrenzt rationalen...
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A person learns by trial and error if he occasionally tries out new strategies, rejecting choices that are “erroneous” in the sense that they do not lead to higher payoffs. In a game, however, strategies can become erroneous due to a change of behavior by someone else. Such passive errors...
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Scientific evidence clearly indicates that consumption of raw milk carries substantialdisease-inducing health risks. While federal U.S. policy mandates that milk moving in interstatecommerce be pasteurized; within 41 of 50 states, raw milk can be obtained for consumption.Warning labels...
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Die Dissertation basiert insgesamt methodisch auf einer quantitativen, explorativ-deskriptiven Untersuchung, deren Aufbau vier Phasen (Schwerpunkte) umfasst:Der erste theoretische Teil (Kapitel 2 bis Kapitel 4) gibt einen Überblick über das ökonomische Konzept des Marktes und seines...
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Behavioural economics draws upon fieldwork, experiments and research in disciplines such as psychology for building blocks to construct economic analysis that is more descriptively realistic and both augments and qualifies traditional economics as a tool for designing policy. Though behavioural...
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This paper explores the interconnections between two of Herbert Simon's key concepts, bounded rationality and …-level system of partially decomposable systems that agents developed as a means of coping with bounded rationality. The paper ends …
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