Risk Attitudes and Investment Decisions across European Countries: Are Women More Conservative Investors than Men? [PDF]
This study questions the popular stereotype that women are more risk averse than men in their financial investment decisions. The analysis is based on micro-level data from large-scale surveys of private households in five European countries.
Dorothea Schäfer +2 more
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Will Memantine Exacerbate Seizures in People With Epilepsy? A Prospective Cohort Study
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate whether add‐on memantine would exacerbate seizures in people with epilepsy. Methods This was a prospective cohort study. People with epilepsy diagnosed with cognitive impairment were consecutively invited. Those who agreed were followed up for at least 24 weeks.
Peiyu Wang +7 more
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Risk spillovers and hedging: why do firms invest too much in systemic risk? [PDF]
In this paper we show that free entry decisions may be socially inefficient, even in a perfectly competitive homogeneous goods market with non-lumpy investments.
Bert WILLEMS, Joris MORBEE
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Reduced Muscular Carnosine in Proximal Myotonic Myopathy—A Pilot 1H‐MRS Study
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (proximal myotonic myopathy, PROMM) is a progressive multisystem disorder with muscular symptoms (proximal weakness, pain, myotonia) and systemic manifestations such as diabetes mellitus, cataracts, and cardiac arrhythmias.
Alexander Gussew +11 more
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Financial Literacy Perception Scale for the Portuguese Population
Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, 2020 This study aims to propose and validate a financial literacy perception scale for the Portuguese population. The utilized methodology was quantitative, based on a two-part questionnaire survey.
Fernando Oliveira Tavares +1 more
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Firms, Shareholders, and Financial Markets [PDF]
We study the influence of the financial market on the decisions of firms in the real market. To that end, we present a model in which the shareholders portfolio selection of assets and the decisions of the publicly-traded firms are integrated through the
Leonard J. Mirman, Marc Santugini
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Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Tuhin Virmani +8 more
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FARM FINANCIAL STRUCTURE DECISIONS UNDER DIFFERENT INTERTEMPORAL RISK BEHAVIORAL CONSTRUCTS [PDF]
An alternative unconstrained expected-utility maximization model of farm debt is developed using the location-scale parameter condition that incorporates the empirically validated hypotheses of decreasing absolute and constant relative risk aversion ...
Escalante, Cesar L., Nelson, Carl H.
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Remote Monitoring in Myasthenia Gravis: Exploring Symptom Variability
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare, autoimmune disorder characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness and potential life‐threatening crises. While continuous specialized care is essential, access barriers often delay timely interventions. To address this, we developed MyaLink, a telemedical platform for MG patients.
Maike Stein +13 more
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Mindfully Resisting the Bandwagon – IT Implementation and Its Consequences in the Financial Crisis [PDF]
, 2013 Although the ”financial meltdown” between 2007 and 2009 can be substantially attributed to herding behaviour in the subprime market for credit default swaps, a “mindless” IT implementation of participating financial services providers played a major role
Beck, Roman +3 more
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