, smooth and stabilize consumption as well as minimize portfolio risk. In this context we also show how the correlation between …

Research on risk communication relates basic risk perception studies to the formulation of policies, the currently … evolving legislation dealing with hazards, the key issues of public involvement, the risk and environmental management. Risk … communication is a relatively new field based on a sociological approach. The discipline comes from risk perception studies …

is a new risk factor for enterprises taking part in this system. In this paper, we analyze how risk emerging from … loss account accounting for uncertainties and dependencies. Consequently, this model provides a basis for risk assessment …

are asymptotically equivalent. We illustrate the implications of this new theory with a simple simulation, an application …

This paper studies the impact of counter-party default risk of forward contracts on a firm's production and hedging … decisions. Using a model of a risk-averse competitive firm under price uncertainty, it derives several fundamental results. If … expected profits from forward contracts are zero, the hedge ratio is surprisingly not affected by default risk under general …

not a domain for decision theory. Decision theory perceives of acts as functions from states to consequences. Sequential …

experiment. To identify the causes of risk taking by groups, we compare individual to group decisions in three scenarios. The … in 100% of the cases where outstanding individuals are risk averse, while group polarization appears to be more likely … towards outstanding risk loving subjects. Intra-group payoff conflict shifts these likelihoods, supporting the importance of …