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Can Regret and Pride explain the Disposition Effect?

Tenberge, Maximilian - 2009

We experimentally investigated the role of regret and pride in a behavioral anomaly, the disposition effect. First, we used affective forecasting to elicit participants potential feelings in hypothetical investment situations. Then our subjects participated in a two period stock market...

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Essays on corporate finance

Hartzell, Jay C. (contributor); Titman, Sheridan (contributor) - 2010

This dissertation addresses issues in corporate finance. Part I examines the litigationenvironment of a firm and its impact on financial policy. Chapter 1 discusses prior research,including theory and empirical results, related to firm performance, financial policy, andlitigation. It provides...

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Fight or Flight? Portfolio Rebalancing by Individual Investors

Campbell, John; Calvert, Lauren E.; Sodini, Paolo - 2009

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Three Pension Cost Methods under Varying Assumptions

Grizzle, Linda S 1978- - 2005

A pension plan administrator promises certain benefits in the future in exchange for labor today. In order to budget for this expense and create more security for the participant, the administrator uses a pension cost method. Each cost method assigns a portion of the future liability to the...

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PENSION REFORM IN GEORGIA

Veshapidze, Shota; Karalashvili, Shota - 2018

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Causal Inference with Two-Stage Logistic Regression - Accuracy, Precision, and Application

Cai, Bing - 2010

2SPS and 2SRI for logistic binary outcomes have not been thoroughly studied. We study the bias and variance properties … trial. We first present closed form expressions of asymptotic bias for the causal odds ratio from both 2SPS and 2SRI … approaches. Our closed form bias results show that the 2SPS logistic regression generates asymptotically biased estimates of this …

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Better Safe than Sorry: Precautionary Reasoning and Implied Dominance in Risky Decisions

DeKay, Michael L.; Patiño-Echeverri, Dalia; Fischbeck, … - 2005

alternatives can seriously bias the evaluation of consequences in risky high-stakes decisions. …

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Better Safe than Sorry: Precautionary Reasoning and Implied Dominance in Risky Decisions

DeKay, Michael L.; Patino-Echeverri, Dalia; Fischbeck, … - 2008

alternatives can seriously bias the evaluation of consequences in risky high-stakes decisions. …

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Open-Access Fishery Models: Relaxing a Constraint and Removing an Econometric Obstacle

Gomersall, C. Nicholas - 1992

Over the past 30 years, a widely accepted model of "open-access" fisheries has been developed, yet empirical tests of the standard model have been relatively few. One difficulty is that fish stocks, the levels of which affect the rate of catch, are not directly observable. Simplifying...

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The Impacts of Attribute Level Framing and Changing Cost Levels on Choice Experiments Value Estimates

Kragt, Marit Ellen; Bennett, Jeffrey W. - 2010

Choice Experiments (CE) are increasingly used to estimate the values of environmental goods andservices. CE questionnaires represent the environmental good under valuation by varying levels ofnon-market attributes. Inclusion of a cost attribute enables the estimation of monetary values...

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