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Applied Financial Economics, 2011 This article demonstrates that exaggerated risk aversion may comprise a rational form of strategic behaviour in the face of asymmetric information. Unlike some other forms of strategic behaviour analysed previously, this behaviour confers a benefit in the form of higher ex post consumption (not merely higher expected consumption or expected utility ...
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The origin of risk aversion [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014 Significance Risk aversion is one of the most widely observed behaviors in the animal kingdom; hence, it must confer certain evolutionary advantages. We confirm this intuition analytically in a binary-choice model of decision-making—risk aversion emerges from mindless decision-making as the evolutionarily dominant behavior in ...
Zhang, Ruixun +2 more
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Cognitive function is associated with risk aversion in community-based older persons
BMC Geriatrics, 2011 Background Emerging data from younger and middle-aged persons suggest that cognitive ability is negatively associated with risk aversion, but this association has not been studied among older persons who are at high risk of experiencing loss of cognitive
Buchman Aron S +4 more
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PARENTAL RISK AVERSION AND INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN’S EDUCATION
Jurnal Ekonomi dan Bisnis Airlangga, 2022 Introduction: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between risk aversion and spending in children’s education. Spending in children’s education can be classified as an investment with uncertain outcomes and the return might yield
Janaska Nurrachmat, Prani Sastiono
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Gender and Risk Aversion: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Games, 2023 The theoretical literature on risk aversion and Expected Utility Theory is extensive; however, the analysis of this behaviour with natural experiments could be more comprehensive.
Luís Pacheco +2 more
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.The PAM pathway and its impact on cellular metabolism. Color‐coded key symbols represent Rapamycin (R, orange, targeting mTOR) and Dactolisib (D, green, targeting PI3K/mTOR), indicating their sites of action. Created with BioRenders.com. Glioblastoma resists therapy through interconnected survival programs.
Kai Zhao +23 more
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The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2019 zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Stefansson, Orri, Bradley, Richard
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Integrating Ecology and Economics in Agent‐Based Models to Support Agricultural Policy
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Agent‐based models are valuable tools for studying social‐ecological systems in agriculture. This review maps how existing agent‐based models represent the human and natural domains of agriculture, and discusses developments in economic and ecological agent‐based modeling.
Daniel Vedder +5 more
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On the business cycle implications of alternative risk aversion formulations
Central Bank Review, 2018 In this paper, I investigate the effects of alternative risk aversion formulations on business cycle properties of an otherwise standard real business cycle economy.
Orhan Torul
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Heliyon, 2023 Government-guided withdrawal from rural homesteads is a sustainable solution to the problem of vacant rural residential land. Nonetheless, few studies have considered the influence of risk perception and loss aversion on farmers' decisions to withdraw ...
Rui He, Yuhang Dai, Guiyan Sun
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