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Rational Expectations and Ambiguity: A Comment on Abel [PDF]
Abel (2002) proposes a resolution of the riskfree rate and the equity premium puzzles by considering pessimism and doubt. Pessimism is characterized by subjective probabilistic beliefs about asset returns that are stochastically dominated by the ...
Alexander Ludwig, Alexander Zimper
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Exchange Rates and Adjustment: Perspectives from the New Open- Economy Macroeconomics [PDF]
The new open-economy macroeconomics has allowed economists to tackle classical problems with new tools, while also generating new ideas and questions. In their attempts to make the new models capture empirical regularities, researchers have entertained a
Obstfeld, Maurice
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Sliding Doors: Frame Uptake and Rejection by Learners in a Museum‐Based Climate Learning Experience
Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Science education efforts that support public understanding of modern climate change are critically needed. However, implementing climate‐related learning experiences can be challenging, as public audiences tend to experience a wide range of understandings of and emotions around the issue. In light of these challenges, many scholars have posed
Lynne Zummo +7 more
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Pessimistic Foreign Investors and Turmoil in Emerging Markets : The Case of Brazil in 2002 [PDF]
Using survey data, we document that foreign-owned institutions became more pessimistic than locally owned institutions about the strength of the Brazilian currency around the 2002 presidential elections.
Andrade, Sandro C., Kohlscheen, Emanuel
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“Son tutti morti”. Human Extinction and the Apocalyptic Imaginary in Giacomo Leopardi
Cahiers d’Études ItaliennesThis article investigates the speculations on and depictions of human extinction in Giacomo Leopardi’s writings, with particular emphasis on the Operette morali (1824–1832).
Sabrina Ferri
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Urbanization is a defining feature of contemporary development, shaping economic opportunities, social structures, and health outcomes. This study examines the influence of urbanization on life expectancy in Bangladesh, with particular attention to the role of the energy mix and industrialization.
Md. Hasanur Rahman +3 more
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Optimism and Pessimism with Expected Utility [PDF]
Savage (1954) provided a set of axioms on preferences over acts that were equivalent to the existence of an expected utility representation. We show that in addition to this representation, there is a continuum of other "expected utility" representations
Andrew Postlewaite +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Repairs are becoming more difficult to perform due to multiple factors, including obsolescence, complexity of designs, technological change and lack of information and spare parts. This underlines a conflict between repair and technological designs driven by accumulation logics that require increasing growth rates.
Francisco López‐Bermúdez +1 more
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Students’ subjective constructions and their satisfaction with academic life
Inovacije u NastaviStudents’ satisfaction with academic life, which implies their overall experience at university and the quality of adaptation to academic environment, is conditioned by subjective experience. Subjective constructions of students represent the attitude of
Tamara N. Dragojević +1 more
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Are Risk-Averse Agents more Optimistic? A Bayesian Estimation Approach. [PDF]
Our aim is to analyze the link between optimism and risk aversion in a subjective expected utility setting and to estimate the average level of optimism when weighted by risk tolerance. Its estimation leads to a non-trivial statistical problem.
Ben Mansour, Selima +4 more
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