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Incentive Design for Reference-Dependent Preferences

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2022
We investigate the optimal design of incentives when agents exhibit reference dependence. The theoretical framework of this paper incorporates the most prominent accounts of reference-dependent preferences and the most frequently used reference point rules.
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‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +9 more
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Feasibility and Safety of High‐Dose Proton Re‐Irradiation in Recurrent Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors: A Single‐Institution Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors often recur despite multimodality therapy. Although re‐irradiation (re‐RT) has historically been limited by concerns for severe late toxicities, modern techniques have renewed interest in this approach. Proton therapy provides dosimetric advantages that may enable curative re‐treatment with
Jin‐Ho Song, Jonathan Baron, Carlos Chavez Perez, Sidharth Ramesh, Jane Minturn, Kavita A. Desai, Amish C. Shah, Jean M. Belasco, Kristina A. Cole, Michael J. Fisher, Phillip B. Storm, Peter M. Madsen, Goldie Kurtz, Robert A. Lustig, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Michael J. LaRiviere   +15 more
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Reference-dependent preferences and loss aversion: A discrete choice experiment in the health-care sector

Judgment and Decision Making, 2008
This study employs a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) in the health-care sector to test the loss aversion theory that is derived from reference-dependent preferences: The absolute subjective value of a deviation from a reference point is generally ...
Einat Neuman, Shoshana Neuman
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Reference dependence and lottery participation

Economic Inquiry
Abstract We assume that lottery participants are poor relative to their target income. Reference dependence with loss aversion can render the marginal utility of income non‐monotonic in line with the Friedman–Savage hypothesis. As a result, lottery participation can be rationalized without invoking probability weighting.
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Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek, Lori Wiener, Stephanie Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Donna Johnston, Fyeza Hasan, Adam Rapoport, Nathasha Datoo, Kimberley Widger, Sumit Gupta, Karen Fergus, Anthony K. C. Chan, Alisha Kassam, Emily McCullogh, Dave Lysecki   +13 more
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Reference Dependence and Market Competition [PDF]

This paper studies the implications of consumer reference dependence in market competition. If consumers take some product (e.g., the first product they have considered) as the reference point in evaluating others and exhibit loss aversion, then the more
Zhou, Jidong
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Modeling the Psychology of Consumer and Firm Behavior with Behavioral Economics [PDF]

, 2005
Marketing is an applied science that tries to explain and influence how firms and consumers actually behave in markets. Marketing models are usually applications of economic theories.
Camerer, Colin F., Ho, Teck H., Lim, Noah   +2 more
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Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Integrative Neuromuscular Training for Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often exhibit early deficits in muscle and movement competence, which can compromise long‐term health. Integrative neuromuscular training (INT), a multifaceted approach combining fundamental movement activities with strength exercises, may help address these deficits during ...
Anna Maria Markarian, Robert U. Newton, Dennis R. Taaffe, Nicholas G. Gottardo, Santosh Valvi, Carolyn J. Peddle‐McIntyre, Jodie Cochrane Wilkie, Daniel A. Galvão   +7 more
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Bird Functional Traits Respond to Forest Structure in Riparian Areas Undergoing Active Restoration

Diversity, 2018
Monitoring wildlife responses is essential to assess restoration projects. Birds are widely used as bioindicators of ecosystem restoration, but most studies use only taxonomic descriptors to compare categories of reference and restoring sites.
Augusto F. Batisteli, Marcel O. Tanaka, Andréa L.T. Souza   +2 more
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