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marginal effects of price uncertainty on production are both positive (negative) when regret aversion prevails if the random … of the price distribution as such plays a pivotal role in determining the regret-averse firm's production decision. …
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The paper studies the effect of tax asymmetry on (risk neutral) competitive firm's production and optimal hedging … show that: (a) in the absence of risk sharing arrangements asymmetry in taxation lowers the firm's optimal output compared … to the symmetric tax case, (b) when risk sharing tools become available the firm's output increases; moreover, in this …
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-adjustment costs in an inflationary environment. The model nests both the original menu-cost model that allows production to be …
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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, to manage these risks. We develop a dynamic risk management model …
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The prospect theory is one of the most popular decision-making theories. It is based on the S-shaped utility function, unlike the von Neumann and Morgenstern (NM) theory, which is based on the concave utility function. The S-shape brings in mathematical challenges: simple extensions and...
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Within the prospect theory the paper examines production and hedging decisions of a competitive firm under price …,sigma)-preference. In contrast to the literature our findings show that the production under uncertainty can be larger than in the certainty …
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This article examines the role of the interaction between product market and labor market imperfections in determining total factor productivity growth (TFPG). Embedding Dobbelaere and Mairesse's (2009) generalization of Hall's (1990) approach, allowing for the possibility that wages are...
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