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points. In terms of proportional losses, a loss of 50% or more of the remaining cash endowment increases diversification … endowment, previous diversification strategy, relative difficulty of questions, the ability level of participants, and other …
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Financial advisors use questionnaires and discussions with clients to determine a suitable portfolio of assets that will allow clients to reach their investment objectives. Financial institutions assign risk ratings to each security they offer, and those ratings are used to guide clients and...
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While the constant exposure to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has increased people’s risk perception toward COVID-19, it has produced an opposite effect on risk-taking behavior. In the context of travel choices, this study examines the contradictory relationship between individuals’...
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We provide empirical evidence that visceral factors affect financial risk taking by showing that exposure to mass shootings alters mutual fund managers' risk taking decisions. Funds that are exposed to mass shootings subsequently decrease risk relative to their peers. The effect that we document...
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Most economic decisions are embedded in a specific social context. In many such contexts, individual choices are influenced by their observability due to underlying social norms and social image concerns. This study investigates the impact of choices being observed, compared to anonymity of...
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Using detailed micro-level data, we show that individuals' beliefs about climate change influence their choice and level of flood insurance coverage. Our empirical strategy exploits the heterogeneous impact of widening partisan polarization on climate change beliefs after the 2016 general...
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Striving for maximum diversification we follow Meucci (2009) in measuring and managing a multi-asset class portfolio …. Under this paradigm the maximum diversification portfolio is equivalent to a risk parity strategy with respect to the … diversified risk parity strategy. Moreover, we explore the risk and diversification characteristics of traditional risk …
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to provide convincing results. DRP strives for maximum diversification along uncorrelated risk sources. A straightforward …
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We examine how banks respond to large natural disasters when corporate borrowers are located in the neighborhood of the disaster area. We find robust evidence that banks charge significantly higher loan spreads for firms located in the neighborhood of the disaster area than for remote firms. The...
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The present study is a comparative study between modern investment tools and old investment tools. The study has been conducted in Rajasthan (India) and therefore the old tools of investment available in Rajasthan have been identified and compared with the modern tools. The primary purpose of...
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