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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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Stefansson, Orri, Bradley, Richard
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Cognitive function is associated with risk aversion in community-based older persons
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
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
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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On the business cycle implications of alternative risk aversion formulations
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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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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Risk Aversion and Expected Utility : The Constant-Absolute-Risk Aversion Function and its Application to Oligopoly [PDF]
Technical ReportThe purpose of this paper is to carefully investigate the relationship between the concepts of risk aversion and expected utility, with a focus on the constant-risk-aversion function and its application to oligopoly theory.
Sakai, Yasuhiro
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mGluR5 in ECCCK to BLA Circuit Modulates Depressive‐Like Phenotypes through CCK Signaling
Dysregulation of mGluR5 and CCK signaling contributes to major depressive disorder, yet circuit‐level mechanisms remain unclear. Here, the ECCCK→BLA pathway is identified as a critical regulator of affective behavior. mGluR5 modulates synaptic function and CCK signaling within this circuit, controlling stress susceptibility and depressive‐like states ...
Muhammad Asim +4 more
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The central issue of this paper is analysis and resulting proposals to help unsophisticated pension participants achieve pension portfolios that match their level of risk aversion when there is a large amount of unexplained heterogeneity in risk aversion.
John A. Turner, Bruce W. Klein
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