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Essays in the theory of risk-bearing
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The article was published on 1958-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 3688 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Bearing (mechanical).read more
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Convex functions on non-convex domains
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TL;DR: In this article, it is shown that a convex function defined on an arbitrary, possibly finite, subset of a linear space can be extended to the whole space, and an application to decision making under risk is given.
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Board interlocking network and the design of executive compensation packages
TL;DR: In this article, board interlocks are positively linked with similarities in the design of executive compensation packages in interlocked firms, particularly the proportions of the options component, and similarities in a number of board characteristics.
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The cyber trust tension in E-government: Balancing identity, privacy, security
TL;DR: This paper argues that at the heart of debates about cyber trust in e-government is a 'trust tension' between the need to collect data on individuals as the basis for providing services and fears about the inappropriate use of personal information gathered, stored, and analysed using ICTs.
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Repetition and financial incentives in economics experiments
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that using financial incentives would be more necessary to improve the validity of experimental results if an experimenter needs to use repetition, rather than separately investigating the relationship between incentives and repetition.
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A General Index of Absolute Risk Attitude
Michel Denuit,Louis Eeckhoudt +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors exploit a representation of the Friedman-Savage utility premium (Friedman, M., L. J. Savage. 1948) to give a general foundation for such coefficients and for their higher-order extensions.