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The Knowledge Ahead Approach to Risk. Theory and Experimental Evidence.
Pope, Robin; Leitner, Johannes; Leopold-Wildburger, Ulrike
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Description for The Knowledge Ahead Approach to Risk. Theory and Experimental Evidence.
Paperback. Written for those seeking a decision theory appropriate for use in serious choices such as insurance. This book employs stages of knowledge ahead to track satisfactions and dissatisfactions. Series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems. Num Pages: 248 pages, 51 black & white illustrations, 37 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KC; PB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 790.
The joint work of Robin Pope, Johannes Leitner and Ulrike Leopold- Wildburger presented in this little book makes a strong point for a new approach to decision making under risk. It emphasizes aspects of risk preferences largely neglected in the theoretical and experimental lite- ture. Before the outcome of a risky decision is known a decision maker may feel worries or thrills about what will happen at the end. It is c- vincingly argued that the anticipation of such ”secondary satisfactions” is, and should be, an important in?uence on the decision. The questi- naire data and the experiments support this ... Read more
The joint work of Robin Pope, Johannes Leitner and Ulrike Leopold- Wildburger presented in this little book makes a strong point for a new approach to decision making under risk. It emphasizes aspects of risk preferences largely neglected in the theoretical and experimental lite- ture. Before the outcome of a risky decision is known a decision maker may feel worries or thrills about what will happen at the end. It is c- vincingly argued that the anticipation of such ”secondary satisfactions” is, and should be, an important in?uence on the decision. The questi- naire data and the experiments support this ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540384724
SKU
V9783540384724
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Reviews for The Knowledge Ahead Approach to Risk. Theory and Experimental Evidence.
From the reviews: "While most approaches to risk ignore the time dimension, Pope, Leitner, and Leopold-Wildburger distinguish between primary and secondary satisfactions. … The book may be suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate students, in addition to practitioners and researchers … . It can serve to initiate researchers and students into experiments and how experimental ... Read more