We analyze an equilibrium model in which agents exposed to idiosyncraticrisk can purchase insurance policies in addition to financialassets. The price of an insurance contract depends nonlinearly on theclaims and explicitly contains safety loadings, proportional to variance.We consider random...

We reexamine the issue of executive compensation within a gen-eral equilibrium production context. Intertemporal optimality placesstrong restrictions on the form of a representative manager's compen-sation contract, restrictions that appear to be incompatible with thefact that the bulk of many...

The main result of the paper is a formula for zero time-to-maturity limit ofimplied volatilities of European options under a broad class of stochastic volatilitymodels. Based on this formula, we propose a closed-form approximation of theimplied volatility smile.[...]

The aim of this study is to examine the underlying dimensions of self-stated attitudesand behaviour concerning everyday financial affairs, and classify individuals basedon those dimensions. A questionnaire was answered by 1282 respondents in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. The sample of...

We demonstrate that in simple 2 X 2 games (cumulative) prospect theory preferences can be evolutionarily stable, i.e. a population of players with prospect theory preferences can not be invaded by more rational players. This holds also if probability weighting is applied to the probabilities of...