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The generalized hybrid averaging operator and its application in decision making

Merigó Lindahl, José M.; Casanovas Ramón, Montserrat - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 9 (2010), pp. 69-84

-HA) operator. We conclude the paper with an example of the new approach in a financial decision making problem. -- aggregation … operator ; OWA operator ; generalized mean ; weighted average ; decision making …

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Selección y utilización de niveles de desagregación adecuados en pronósticos de series temporales: caso de estudio en una empresa de suscripción utilizando el proceso analítico jer...

Alvarado Valencia, Jorge Andrés; García Buitrago, … - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 15 (2013), pp. 45-64

decision environment - and quantitative criteria - such as information quality and forecastability - in a multicriteria … decision making task which is addressed through the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) technique. Results from a study case in a … of multicriteria decision-making in the task of selecting an adequate aggregation/disaggregation level. …

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Una herramienta de análisis teórico en la teoría de la empresa bajo incertidumbre

Rodríguez-Puerta, Inmaculada; Sebastiá Costa, Francisco; … - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 11 (2011), pp. 33-40

In this paper we present a reformulation of a lemma due to Lippman and McCall - initially formulated a unique random variable - to be applied to the case of several random variables, and we illustrate its use in the theory of the firm under uncertainty. We have performed this on a recent model...

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Geburten in Ost- und Westdeutschland : erleichtert eine hohe Risikobereitschaft die Entscheidung für ein Kind?

Schmitt, Christian - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 11, pp. 18-23

individuelle Risikoneigung auf die Entscheidung für oder gegen ein Kind auswirkte, wurde bisher kaum beachtet. Es zeigt sich, dass … - vor allem unter ostdeutschen Männern positiv auf die Entscheidung für eine Elternschaft wirkt. -- risk attitudes …

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Measuring the degree to which probability weighting affects risk-taking behavior in financial decisions

Mattos, Fabio; Garcia, Philip - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 2, pp. 1-39

The paper investigates the importance of probability weighting in financial decisions and examines the degree to which risk-taking behavior deviates from expected utility theory in the presence of probability weighting. A group of professional traders participates in an experiment, whose data...

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Ethnic persistence, assimilation and risk proclivity

Bonin, Holger; Constant, Amelie; Tatsiramons, Konstantinos - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-23

This paper investigates whether immigrants adapt to the attitudes of the majority population in the host country by focusing on the effect of ethnic persistence and assimilation on individual risk proclivity. Employing information from a unique representative German survey, we find that...

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Value relevance of financial statements information : evidence from listed firms in Kenya

Nyabundi, Melissa A. - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 1, pp. 115-134

This study examined the relationship between share prices and dividends, earnings and book values for companies listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in Kenya for the six years period between 2005 and 2010. Using panel data analysis the study found evidence that there is a positive and...

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Implementation of the stress test methods in the retail portfolio

Siarka, Pawel - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 6, pp. 15-29

Article refers to the issue of credit risk management in commercial banks. Particular attention is paid to the problem of stress testing. In addition, methods are presented that allow prediction of the losses of the portfolio in the context of extreme events relating to the crises of financial...

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Credit risk analysis : reflections on the use of the logit model

Barual, Concepción; García, Fernando; Giménez, Vincente - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 6, pp. 1-13

The present economic and financial crisis has underlined the importance to financial institutions and investors of having access to efficient methods of quantifying credit risk, or the probability of default. The logit models are among the techniques commonly used by large organizations and...

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Risk attitudes and informal employment in a developing economy

Bennett, John; Gould, Matthew; Rablen, Matthew D. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-17

We model an urban labour market in a developing economy, incorporating workers’ risk attitudes. Trade-offs between risk aversion and ability determine worker allocation across formal and informal wage employment, and voluntary and involuntary self employment. Greater risk of informal wage...

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