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1 Risk Perceptions and Rationality in Measures of Risk

by Aalabaf-sabaghi Morteza, Jel D
"... Individuals may have biased perceptions of health and safety risks. We conjecture perceptions of mortality risk from various risk measures using parametric and non-parametric methods. We investigate how risk perceptions are measured and what rational explanations can be found for these measures. ..."
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Individuals may have biased perceptions of health and safety risks. We conjecture perceptions of mortality risk from various risk measures using parametric and non-parametric methods. We investigate how risk perceptions are measured and what rational explanations can be found for these measures.

Rational Choice and the Framing of Decisions

by Amos Tversky, Daniel Kahneman , 1986
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Risk as Feelings

by George F. Loewenstein, Christopher K. Hsee, Elke U. Weber, Ned Welch , 2001
"... Virtually all current theories of choice under risk or uncertainty are cognitive and consequentialist. They assume that people assess the desirability and likelihood of possible outcomes of choice alternatives and integrate this information through some type of expectation-based calculus to arrive a ..."
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Virtually all current theories of choice under risk or uncertainty are cognitive and consequentialist. They assume that people assess the desirability and likelihood of possible outcomes of choice alternatives and integrate this information through some type of expectation-based calculus to arrive

Credit Rationing in Markets with Imperfect Information

by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Andrew Weiss - AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW , 1981
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Risk-management: coordinating corporate investment and financing policies

by Kenneth A. Froot, David S. Scharfstein, Jeremy C. Stein , 1993
"... This paper develops a general framework for analyzing corporate risk management policies. We begin by observing that if external sources of finance are more costly to corporations than internally generated funds, there will typically be a benefit to hedging: hedging adds value to the extent that it ..."
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This paper develops a general framework for analyzing corporate risk management policies. We begin by observing that if external sources of finance are more costly to corporations than internally generated funds, there will typically be a benefit to hedging: hedging adds value to the extent

Prospect theory: An analysis of decisions under risk

by Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky - Econometrica , 1979
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Risk and protective factors for alcohol and other drug problems in adolescence and early adulthood: Implications for substance abuse prevention

by J. David Hawkins, Richard E Catalano, Janet Y Miller - Psychological Bulletin , 1992
"... The authors suggest that the most promising route to effective strategies for the prevention of adolescent alcohol and other drug problems is through a risk-focused approach. This approach requires the identification of risk factors for drug abuse, identification of methods by which risk factors hav ..."
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The authors suggest that the most promising route to effective strategies for the prevention of adolescent alcohol and other drug problems is through a risk-focused approach. This approach requires the identification of risk factors for drug abuse, identification of methods by which risk factors

The emotional dog and its rational tail: a social intuitionist approach to moral judgment

by Jonathan Haidt - Psychological Review , 2001
"... This is the manuscript that was published, with only minor copy-editing alterations, as: Haidt, J. (2001). The emotional dog and its rational tail: A social intuitionist approach to moral judgment. Psychological Review. 108, 814-834 Copyright 2001, American Psychological Association To obtain a repr ..."
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This is the manuscript that was published, with only minor copy-editing alterations, as: Haidt, J. (2001). The emotional dog and its rational tail: A social intuitionist approach to moral judgment. Psychological Review. 108, 814-834 Copyright 2001, American Psychological Association To obtain a

Illusion and well-being: A social psychological perspective on mental health

by Shelley E. Taylor, Jonathon D. Brown - Psychological Bulletin , 1988
"... Many prominent theorists have argued that accurate perceptions of the self, the world, and the future are essential for mental health. Yet considerable research evidence suggests that overly positive selfevaluations, exaggerated perceptions of control or mastery, and unrealistic optimism are charact ..."
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Many prominent theorists have argued that accurate perceptions of the self, the world, and the future are essential for mental health. Yet considerable research evidence suggests that overly positive selfevaluations, exaggerated perceptions of control or mastery, and unrealistic optimism

Financial Dependence and Growth

by Raghuram G. Rajan, Luigi Zingales - American Economic Review , 1998
"... This paper examines whether nancial development facilitates economic growth by scrutinizing one rationale for such a relationship; that nancial development reduces the costs of external nance to rms. Speci cally, we ask whether industrial sectors that are relatively more in need of external nance de ..."
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to the highest value use without substantial risk of loss through moral hazard, adverse selection, or transactions costs { are an essential catalyst of economic growth. Empirical work seems consistent with this argument. For example, on the
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