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We extend the traditional decision analytic approach to calculation of the buying (selling) price of a lottery by allowing a risk averse (risk prone) decision maker to rebalance his financial portfolio in the course of determination of these prices. Building on the classical portfolio allocation...
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We study corporate investments around national elections in India. Investment rates drop by a nonsignificant 2.2% for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in election years. The decrease is significantly larger for private firms, which record an investment drop of 7.4%. The decrease in investment for...
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This paper explores how the private sector can positively contribute to peace-building and conflict prevention, and how that positive private sector role can be supported and enhanced. The starting premise recognizes that the private sector exists in all conflict situations and has the potential...
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empirical investigation of the risk taking behavior of mutual fund managers indicates that managerial risk taking crucially …, fund managers with a poor midyear performance tend to decrease risk relative to leading managers to prevent potential job … loss. When employment risk is low, compensation incentives become more relevant and fund managers with a poor midyear …
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