The newsvendor model is a building block for inventory management under stochastic situation. This paper examines the effects of an additive and a multiplicative background risk separately on the optimal order quantity of a risk-averse newsvendor with Mean-Variance utility. We derive several...

This research note examines the conditions which will induce a prospect theory type investor, whose reference level is set by 'playing it safe', to invest in a risky asset. The conditions indicate that this type of investor requires a large equity premium to invest in risky assets. However, once...

This paper analyzes whether the market portfolio is efficiently related to benchmark portfolios formed on size, value, momentum and reversal with various utility theories by using stochastic dominance criteria. The results support the prospect theory including assumption of loss aversion at...