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The psychology of risk taking behavior /

open access: yes, 1994
This book aims to help the reader to understand what motivates people to engage in risk taking behavior, such as participating in traffic, sports, financial investments, or courtship.
Trimpop, Rüdiger
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Bank size and risk-taking under Basel II [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper discusses the relationship between bank size and risk-taking under Pillar I of the New Basel Capital Accord. Using a model with imperfect competition and moral hazard, we find that small banks (and hence small borrowers) may profit from the ...
Hakenes, H.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Factors affecting adolescents' risk-taking in single-child families

open access: yesSocial Health and Behavior, 2019
Introduction: Given the current concerns about population decline and the prevalence of single-child families, as well as risky behaviors which are increasing in the community, there is a need to provide backgrounds for more information regarding the ...
Tahereh Ataei   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Depression, Risk Preferences, and Risk-Taking Behavior

open access: yesThe Journal of human resources, 2020
Depression affects the way that people process information and make decisions, including those involving risk and uncertainty. Our objective is to analyze the way that depressive episodes shape risk preferences and risktaking behaviors.
D. Cobb-Clark   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Engineered extracellular vesicles enriched with the miR‐214/199a cluster enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy in ovarian cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Loss of the miR‐214/199a cluster is associated with recurrence in ovarian cancer. Engineered small extracellular vesicles (m214‐sEVs) elevate miR‐214‐3p/miR‐199a‐5p in tumor cells, suppress β‐catenin, TLR4, and YKT6 signaling, reprogram tumor‐derived sEV cargo, reduce chemoresistance and migration, and enhance carboplatin efficacy and survival in ...
Weida Wang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Risk Taking and Ownership Structure [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates the determinants of corporate risk taking. Shareholders with substantial equity ownership in a single company may advocate conservative investment policies due to greater exposure to firm risk.
Teodora Paligorova
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The baby effect and young male syndrome : social influences on cooperative risk-taking in women and men [PDF]

open access: yes
Parental investment theory predicts differences in risk-taking for females and males as a consequence of reproductive context, with females attempting to reduce risks in relation to their own offspring (here called the baby effect) and males taking more ...
Hills, Thomas Trenholm, Fischer, Dominic
core   +1 more source

Les enseignants débutants face à l’inanticipable : les « meilleurs moments d’enseignement » comme points de bascule

open access: yesQuestions Vives
We study “best teaching moments” from the point of view of the unanticipated. We analyze posts published on a digital collaborative logbook by pre-service language teachers in lycée or collège.
Marie-Claire Lemarchand-Chauvin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Linking relational capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation of an organization

open access: yesInternational Entrepreneurship Review, 2020
Objective: The aim of the paper is to examine relational capabilities of an organization in the context of entrepreneurial orientation and to identify potential interconnection between them. Research Design & Methods: The sample consists of 363 small-
Rafał Kusa
doaj   +1 more source

Risk committee, corporate risk-taking and firm value

open access: yesManagerial Finance, 2020
PurposeThe authors empirically examine the impact of the stand-alone risk committee on corporate risk-taking and firm value.Design/methodology/approachThe authors argue that the existence of a stand-alone risk committee enhances the quality of corporate ...
Md. Borhan Uddin Bhuiyan   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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