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Loss Aversion on the Links: Penalized Pro Golfers Fall Prey to Decision Bias

McFall, Todd A. - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 5 (2016) 4, pp. 24-40

Prospect theory predicts that loss averse agents who fear they will not reach their reference utility level are more apt to adopt risky strategies to avoid that painful possibility compared to agents who are more sure of their relative standing. This paper tests this theory with data from...

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A System Dynamics Model for the Analysis of the Deregulation in Electricity Market

Gholizad, Arezou; Ahmadi, Loza; Hassannayebi, Erfan; … - In: International Journal of System Dynamics Applications … 6 (2017) 2, pp. 1-30

The process of privatization of the electricity market involves the serious needs of the industry in order to increase productivity, attract private investment and partnerships. If current trends continue, the total investment needed for the industry is not to be able to be supplied from...

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A Comparative Analysis of the Cyberattacks Against Estonia, the United States, and Ukraine: Exemplifying the Evolution of Internet-Supported Warfare

Boyte, Kenneth J. - In: International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT) 7 (2017) 2, pp. 54-69

This comparative international case study of cyber warfare provides a context for considering the evolution of cyber technologies as elements of hybrid warfare capable of creating confusion, disrupting communications, and impacting physical infrastructure (such as power grids and satellite-based...

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Medicaid Expansion: Policy Impact on Home and Community-Based Services

Schmeida, Mary; McNeal, Ramona - In: International Journal of Public and Private … 2 (2018) 2, pp. 42-53

U.S. longevity is placing a demand on long-term care services for the impaired and elderly. Medicaid is the primary insurance program in funding costly long-term care for the aged poor. As a major health reform law, the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, gives...

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Barriers to Successful Health Information Exchange Systems in Canada and the USA: A Systematic Review

Almoaber, Basmah; Amyot, Daniel - In: International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems … 12 (2017) 1, pp. 44-63

the USA. Method: A systematic literature review was conducted to examine English-language studies that identified barriers … to HIE in Canada and the USA between 1995 and 2016. Electronic databases, backward searching and expert consultations … these countries. Privacy concerns and a lack of stakeholder buy-in are recurring barriers over time in the USA. Low adoption …

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A Comparative Study of Privacy Protection Practices in the US, Europe, and Asia

Ashrafi, Noushin; Kuilboer, Jean-Pierre - In: International Journal of Information Security and … 12 (2018) 3, pp. 1-15

Internet. Examining about 2000 Interactive companies in the USA, Europe, and Asia provides a measure of divergent responses to …

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Comparing the Socio-Political Ethics of Fighting Terrorism with Extreme Self-Defense in USA: An Exploratory Insight

Strang, Kenneth David; Korstanje, Maximiliano E. - In: International Journal of Risk and Contingency … 7 (2018) 1, pp. 1-19

In this study the authors adopted a post-positivist research design philosophy to explore the likelihood that Americans would support extreme self-defense policies like torture, reducing human rights or banning Muslims to fight against global terrorism, especially after 9/11 and in light of the...

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