Introduction: Why cognitive operations? -- Chapter 1: Approaches to cognitive modelling -- Chapter 2: Decisions under risk -- Chapter 3: Strategic interactions -- Chapter 4: Newsvendor problems -- Chapter 5: Decisions under uncertainty -- Chapter 6: Conclusions: The future of cognitive modelling...

The paper examines the role of discourse in supporting firm's decisions to relocate and how main actors influence such discourse. If there is uncertainty about the general functioning of the economy, discourse is the place where ideas and paradigms, and possible options of behavior, are created....

We use a simple, three-item test for cognitive abilities to investigate whether established behavioral biases that play a prominent role in behavioral economics and finance are related to cognitive abilities. We find that higher test scores on the Cognitive Reflection Test of Frederick (2005)...

Across countries, women own significantly fewer businesses than do men. We show that this is due, in large part, to the fact that the propensity to start businesses of women is significantly lower than that of men. The lower propensity of women, in turn, appears to be highly correlated to...