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Risk aversion

Known as: Increasing absolute risk aversion, Decreasing absolute risk aversion, Risk averse 
In economics and finance, risk aversion is the behavior of humans (especially consumers and investors), when exposed to uncertainty, to attempt to… 
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Concave functionDatar–Mathews method for real option valuationEntropic risk measureExpected utility hypothesis

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
How Risky are Banks' Risk Weighted Assets? Evidence from the Financial Crisis
We study how investors account for the riskiness of banks' risk-weighted assets (RWA) by examining the determinants of stock… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Uncertainty and Climate Change Policy
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
A Tale of Two Pizzas: Building Up from a Basic Product Versus Scaling Down from a Fully-Loaded Product
Consumers in the U.S. and Italy were asked to either build up from a consumable base product (pizza) by adding components or… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Public Policy for Venture Capital
This paper proposes a simple partial equilibrium model to investigate the effects of government policy on venture capital backed… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
APPLIED MATHEMATICS WORKING PAPER SERIESOn Fragility of Bubbles in Equilibrium Asset Pricing Models of Lucas-Type ∗
  • 2001
  • Corpus ID: 11805235
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Fuzzy Inductive Reasoning, Expectation Formation and the Behavior of Security Prices
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Collateral, default risk, and relationship lending: An empirical study on financial contracting
This paper provides further insights into the nature of relationship lending by analyzing the link between relationship lending… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
INSTITUTE FOR MONETARY AND ECONOMIC STUDIES BANK OF JAPAN
This paper explores the factors affecting market liquidity using a simulation model of an artificial market. We first survey… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Transgene risk is low
The prospect of a commercial release in Europe of genetically modified oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) has intensified concern… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Biofeedback and signaled punishment in the modification of inappropriate sexual age preferences
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