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the complete risk management process. An Example from a mechanical engineering company is used for the final validation of …
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. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method …-experimental approach to measure differences in the risk attitudes of farmers located in highflooding risk areas versus farmers located in … low flooding risk areas is followed. Changes in flooding risk relatedbehaviour over time is analysed and marginal effects …
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-Walrasian disequilibrium approach and describe optimizing agents. These agents use chance constraints which depict a Cash Flow at Risk approach …
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Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply …
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risk aversion and models of the utility function. One particular theory (expected utility with rank dependent probabilities …"Most decisions (political, economic, and social) are made in the context of risk so the subject of human behavior … under risk is of interest to several disciplines. Social science researchers who apply experimental methods to study …
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This thesis contributes to the development of theoretical and experimental approaches that extend the analysis of risk … preferences beyond the classical concept of expected utility theory. The thesis contains four main chapters.The first two chapters … are concerned with extensions and applications of the most promising descriptive theories of behavior under risk. In these …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis that savers may be substituting equity capital gains from stockholdings for traditional measures of personal saving. The analysis also aims to investigate dividend yield (DY) as a signal to investors about corporate saving rates...
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Introduction to the theory of international trade and finance with applications to current policy issues. From the ….e. international trade, and what determines the flow of savings and investments from one country to another, i.e. international finance …
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Theory and evidence on government taxation policy. Topics include tax incidence; optimal tax theory; the effect of … taxation on labor supply and savings; corrective taxes for externalities; taxation and corporate behavior; and tax expenditure … taxation. It covers both theoretical contributions, such as the theory of optimal income and commodity taxation, as well as …
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With states facing tightening Medicaid budgets, the high cost of financing long-term care for the elderly through Medicaid has prompted proposals to make private long-term care insurance (LTCI) more affordable through tax incentives. The effectiveness of tax incentives for stimulating LTCI...
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