By considering the sequential nature of market entry and the contingency for subsequent reorientation following an initial commitment for research collaboration, we use an option framework to derive a value for the overall flexibility. In particular, we present critical thresholds for timing and...

We examine the economic behavior of the regret-averse firm under price uncertainty. We show that the global and marginal effects of price uncertainty on production are both positive (negative) when regret aversion prevails if the random output price is positively (negatively) skewed. In this...

Our study examines the behavior of a risk-averse investor who faces two sources of uncertainty: a random asset price and inflation risk. Both sources of uncertainty make it difficult to stabilize consumption over time. However, investors can enter risk-sharing markets, such as futures markets,...