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Essays on the Information Acquisition of Doubt-Prone Decision Makers
alaoui, larbi - 2010
with anticipated regret, the Allais paradox and preferences for smaller menus, which are all difficult to reconcile with …
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The subprime mortgage crisis : asset securitization and interbank lending / M.P. Mulaudzi
Mulaudzi, Mmboniseni Phanuel - 2009
Treasuries. This issue is discussed in a discrete-time framework with IB being considered to be regret- and risk-averse before … and during the SMC, respectively. We conclude that if IB takes regret into account it will be exposed to higher risk when … risk exposure when this difference is high. Furthermore, we assess how regret can influence IB's view - as a swap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480657
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Three Essays on Poverty Analysis
Chavez-Martin del Campo, Juan Carlos - 2005
This dissertation is a collection of three essays that cover issues in poverty analysis. The first essay (Partial Identification of PovertyMeasures with Contaminated and Corrupted Data) applies a partial identification approach to poverty measurement when data errors arenon-classical in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466163
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THREE ESSAYS ON ADDRESSING NEW CHALLENGES FOR ENERGY POLICY
Shawhan, Daniel - 2008
The three papers in this dissertation all deal with new challenges for energy policy.The first paper deals with mitigation of market power in deregulated wholesaleelectricity markets, while the second and third papers deal with reduction ofgreenhouse gas emissions.The first paper experimentally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466232
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Time Inconsistency in the Credit Card Market
shui, haiyan - 2004
Does consumer behavior exhibit time inconsistency? This is an essential, yet difficult question to answer. This dissertation attempts to answer this question based on a large-scale randomized experiment in the credit card market. Specifically,we apply both time consistent preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450573
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Product strategies under durability, lock-in and assortment considerations
Gilbert, Stephen M. (contributor) - 2009
In this dissertation I focus on two considerations that influence the product strategy of a firm. The first is consumers’ choice and its influence on a firm’s product offering, and the second is the interaction between durable products and their contingent consumables. First, I study the...
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