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A Risk-Averse Shelter Location and Evacuation Routing Assignment Problem in an Uncertain Environment. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019 Liang B, Yang D, Qin X, Tinta T.
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Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary This exploratory paper introduces a new type of family business by studying the investment strategies of family‐managed venture capital funds (“Family VCs”) across a multi‐country setting. It shows that Family VCs are more likely to invest in (syndicate with) geographically proximate startups (investors), indicating a ...
Valerio Pelucco
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Teaching financial crises: A leverage experiment
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.Abstract College students often struggle to understand the prevalence of asset price bubbles and the difficulty of timing asset purchases and sales. Even economics students are consistently surprised when bubbles burst. These breaks can have real macroeconomic effects, particularly when the price surge is fueled by leverage.
Lee Coppock, Daniel Harper, Charles Holt
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Minimal-Risk Seed Heteromorphism: Proportions of Seed Morphs for Optimal Risk-Averse Heteromorphic Strategies. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2018 Hughes PW.
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Crime, Gender and Policing: The Role of Women Officers in Addressing Gender‐Based Violence in India
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether an increased presence of women in Indian police forces results in enhanced justice for victims of gender‐based crimes and improves the overall effectiveness and responsiveness of the police. It employs focus group discussions and qualitative system dynamics modelling to examine the dynamics of women in law ...
Kandaswamy Paramasivan +3 more
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Blunted neural response to gains versus losses associated with both risk-prone and risk-averse behavior in a clinically diverse sample. [PDF]
Psychophysiology, 2019 Huggins AA +3 more
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Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Executive Summary Strategic decisions related to ownership participation in cross‐border acquisitions (CBAs) are among the most fundamental choices for African firms to address the unique internationalization challenges related to their home country context.
Dominik Anderhofstadt +2 more
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Stackelberg game of buyback policy in supply chain with a risk-averse retailer and a risk-averse supplier based on CVaR. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2014 Zhou Y, Chen Q, Chen X, Wang Z.
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Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Quantifying how individuals differ as their environment changes around them is crucial to predict population responses to climate change. By incorporating personality, physiology and life‐history the authors show that while environmental change is likely to impact the whole population equally, when individuals are most impacted will vary across the ...
Frederick C. Mckendrick +6 more
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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The gender gap in risk preferences in rural farm households, with female farmers commonly viewed as more risk‐averse than their male counterparts, may have profound implications for addressing the gendered impacts of climate change. Understanding these gender differences and their drivers is essential for designing policies that enhance ...
Abebe Hailemariam +2 more
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