sets simulated for Full Signal Detection Theory and its special cases of standard Signal Detection Theory and Complementary … Signal Detection Theory. …

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 …

economics, decision theory, the economics of sustainability and cost benefit analysis. The thesis is structured in three parts … underlying model and analyzes the interaction with other characteristics of intertemporal decision making. The latter include an … decision maker has to choose a zero rate of pure time preference. Instead of devaluing the future for reasons of sheer …

with ‘decision utility’. In this paper, we apply the choice experiment technique to the valuation of changes in upland … in ecosystem services under different management regimes. Four treatments are employed to measure decision utility …

individual malaria prevention behavior--in this case the decision whether or not to participate in a given IRS round. The …