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In this paper we experimentally test skewness preferences at the individual level. Several prospects that can be ordered with respect to the third-degree stochastic dominance (3SD) criterion are ranked by the participants of the experiment. We find that the skewness of a distribution has a...
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Consider a simple two-state risk with equal probabilities for the two states. In particular, assume that the random … way, we can extend and generalize existing results about risk attitudes. This lottery preference includes behavior … exhibiting higher order risk effects, such as precautionary effects and tempering effects. …
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In this paper we experimentally test skewness seeking at the individual level. Several prospects that can be ordered with respect to the third-degree stochastic dominance (3SD) criterion are ranked by the participants of the experiment. We ¯nd that the skewness of a distribution has a...
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uncertainty and hedging opportunities. Market transparency is modeled by means of the informational content of publicly observable …
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. For example, the nature of monotonicity of the indifference curve depends on the underlying mean. Price hedging decisions … hedging decisions within the prospect theory. We illustrate our general considerations with a thoroughly worked out example. …
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This paper studies the impact of counter-party default risk of forward contracts on a firm's production and hedging … decisions. Using a model of a risk-averse competitive firm under price uncertainty, it derives several fundamental results. If … expected profits from forward contracts are zero, the hedge ratio is surprisingly not affected by default risk under general …
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this uncertainty cost? Is there a hedging strategy that decision makers can adopt to cope with delayed action and uncertain … costs of ambitious climate policies. They also indicate that there is an effective hedging strategy that could minimise the …
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The optimum behavior of a competitive risk-averse international trader who supplies or demands commodities invoiced in … foreign currency is examined when his profits are subject to several forms of risk: production, domestic cost, the exchange … and the double hedging theorems are derived. The behavior of the same firm with and without complete markets is compared …
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The enormity and pervasiveness of the global economic crisis that began in 2008 makes it relevant to analyze the circumstances that can explain this catastrophe. This will also provide clues to the appropriate remedial measures needed to prevent future occurrences of similar developments. The...
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