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A Belief-Based Account of Decision Under Uncertainty

Fox, Craig R.; Tversky, Amos - In: Management Science 44 (1998) 7, pp. 879-895

(i) judgments of probability, which are assumed to satisfy support theory; and (ii) decisions under risk, which are … assumed to satisfy prospect theory. In two experiments, subjects evaluated uncertain prospects and assessed the probability of …

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Where to? – The EU unemployment post crisis

Mihai-Yiannaki, Simona - In: Global Business and Economics Review 13 (2011) 3/4, pp. 240-256

The paper combines under a literature review, secondary and tertiary data analysis, a unique construct of three perspectives: the new classical macroeconomics theory related to unemployment, a finance approach of the relationship with exchange rates and the legal repercussions of the social...

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Submarine landslide tsunamis: how extreme and how likely?

Harbitz, Carl; Løvholt, Finn; Bungum, Hilmar - In: Natural Hazards 72 (2014) 3, pp. 1341-1374

A number of examples are presented to substantiate that submarine landslides have occurred along most continental margins and along several volcano flanks. Their properties of importance for tsunami generation (i.e. physical dimensions, acceleration, maximum velocity, mass discharge, and travel...

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Risk, Public Perception and Education: Quantitative and Qualitative Risk

Shubik, Martin - School of Management, Yale University - 2001

A brief survey of the development of the study of risk and probability is given together with some basic observations … on their application to insurance. This is followed with observations on the lack of appreciation of probability studies … and an elementary feeling for probability by the public at large and a suggestion that the time is ripe for a new science …

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Regime switching, asymmetric correlation and international portfolio choices

Abid, Fathi; Bahloul, Slah - In: International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 4 (2011) 2, pp. 172-194

The aim of this paper is to investigate the behaviour of international equity returns and correlations using the discrete-time Markov-switching model and the impact of this behaviour on international portfolio choices. We take the perspective of a US-based global investor who considers...

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Getting Risk Governance Right

Huertas, Thomas - In: Journal of Financial Perspectives 1 (2013) 1, pp. 75-83

. Finally, the bank has to ensure that its three lines of defense (management, risk management and compliance, and internal …

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Compliance with veterinary prescriptions: The role of physical and social risk revisited

Maille, Virginie; Hoffmann, Jonas - In: Journal of Business Research 66 (2013) 1, pp. 141-144

This study replicates and extends prior research related to human health prevention programs by examining why pet owners comply with therapeutic prescriptions issued by their veterinarian. Empirical data demonstrates that overall, people comply according to physical, but above all, social risk....

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The sovereign debt crisis - a transdisciplinary approach

Pilkington, Marc - In: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education 2 (2011) 4, pp. 369-397

debt. Disciplinary fields as varied as logic, accounting, finance, psychology, geopolitics, economics, statistics, ethics …

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A statistical approach to identifying current leading indicators of the US recovery

Kelliher, Kieran - In: International Journal of Public Policy 9 (2013) 1/2, pp. 86-107

This paper employs a statistical approach to identify which sectors of the US economy are currently the most suitable indicators for monitoring the recovery. A comprehensive list of potential leading indicators is constructed through the application of economic theory. By applying a detailed...

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Access to decision-makers in multinational and multi-plant enterprises : a review of labour law and practice

Blanpain, R - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1985

ILO pub. Working paper commenting on labour legislation provisions concerning the disclosure of information in respect of decision making and workers representation at the international and national level in multinational enterprises - examines multinational bargaining practices and the role of...

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