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How Changing Narratives About the Future Shape Policymaking for the Long Term
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How can we explain decisions by governments to engage in policy investments—accepting short‐term costs in return for anticipated gains in the longer term—after previously sustaining the status quo? Our article examines the role of narratives in changing expectations about the future as a key driver of intertemporal policymaking. In light of an
Pieter Tuytens, Charlotte Haberstroh
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Coral-reef fishes can become more risk-averse at their poleward range limits. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2022 Coni EOC, Booth DJ, Nagelkerken I.
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Insurance and Information: Firms as a Commitment Device [PDF]
We explore the role of firms in insuring risk-averse workers.As a device that allows workers to commit to the delivery of their output, the firm arises endogenously as an alternative to the spot market if workers are suciently risk averse and the firm ...
Bovenberg, A.L., Teulings, C.N.
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The Case of Fleeting Orders and Flickering Quotes
Journal of Futures Markets, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The literature controversially discusses the ambiguous motives and driving forces behind quickly cancelled limit orders (fleeting orders), which are characteristic of high‐frequency markets. In particular, manipulative and dysfunctional characteristics are feared. We analyze top‐of‐book fleeting orders—so‐called flickering quotes—and show with
Markus Ulze +2 more
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CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract When deploying mobile robots in real‐world scenarios, such as airports, train stations, hospitals, and schools, collisions with pedestrians are intolerable and catastrophic. Motion safety becomes one of the most fundamental requirements for mobile robots.
Zhiqian Zhou +7 more
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Cross-cultural comparison of nudging effects for environmental protection: A case-study of risk-averse attitudes toward disposable plastics. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Komatsu H +6 more
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LEARNING BY DOING IN AN AMBIGUOUS ENVIRONMENT [PDF]
We experimentally test whether risk aversion or ambiguity aversion can explain decisions in a learning by doing game. We first measure subjects' preferences toward risk and ambiguity, and then use these measures to predict behavior in the game.
Jim Engle-Warnick +1 more
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Human Resource Development Quarterly, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 89-112, Spring 2025.Abstract Retirees re‐entering the workforce, popularly termed as bridge employment, is a phenomenon that is anticipated to increase in the coming years. Though research establishes that these employees have unique aspirations and work motives (see Mazumdar et al., 2020), primary research on how the retirement transition and bridge employment shape each
Bishakha Mazumdar +2 more
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Increasing supply chain resilience through efficient redundancy allocation: a risk-averse mathematical model. [PDF]
IFAC Pap OnLine, 2021 Riccardo A, Daria B, Dmitry I.
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An Economic Analysis of Replacing Existing Bermudagrass Stands with Tifton 85 Bermudagrass for Beef Cow-Calf, Stocker and Hay Production [PDF]
Comparisons of simulated NPV for Coastal and Tifton 85 bermuda-grass using experimental data, current input prices and historical hay and feeder cattle prices indicates that many producers would benefit by adopting this new cultivar.
Hill, Gary M., Lacy, R. Curt
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