This thesis contributes to the development of theoretical and experimental approaches that extend the analysis of risk … are concerned with extensions and applications of the most promising descriptive theories of behavior under risk. In these … subpopulations are best described by different models.Chapter 1 analyzes how higher-order risk preferences, such as prudence and …

This half-semester course discusses decision theory and topics in game theory. We present models of individual decision …-making under certainty and uncertainty. Topics include preference orderings, expected utility, risk, stochastic dominance …, supermodularity, monotone comparative statics, background risk, game theory, rationalizability, iterated strict dominance multi …

risk through investment in equipment or production of other crops on the property. …

. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method …-experimental approach to measure differences in the risk attitudes of farmers located in highflooding risk areas versus farmers located in … low flooding risk areas is followed. Changes in flooding risk relatedbehaviour over time is analysed and marginal effects …

the complete risk management process. An Example from a mechanical engineering company is used for the final validation of …

-Walrasian disequilibrium approach and describe optimizing agents. These agents use chance constraints which depict a Cash Flow at Risk approach …

Entscheidungstheorie aufgefasst werden, geht es doch hier praktisch immer um das Treffen der jeweils „richtigen“ Entscheidung. Zentraler … Problemlösung und Entscheidungsfindung in der unternehmerischen Praxis.Die Entscheidungstheorie ist ein Zweig der angewandten … Bereich der Entscheidungstheorie und auch Kernpunkt dieser Arbeit ist die Entscheidungsfindung unter Unsicherheit …

economics, decision theory, the economics of sustainability and cost benefit analysis. The thesis is structured in three parts … consumption. The second part introduces a generalized evaluation model and a new concept of risk aversion. The latter concept …, termed intertemporal risk aversion, takes up an important concern of the precautionary principle. The third part extends the …

Die Dissertation wendet die fallgestützte Entscheidungstheorie (Case-Based Decision Theory) vorgeschlagen von Gilboa …The dissertation applies the case-based decision theory proposed by Gilboa and Schmeidler (1995) to financial markets …