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Mulligan K, Baid D, Doctor JN, Phelps CE, Lakdawalla DN. Risk preferences over health: Empirical estimates and implications for medical decision-making. J Health Econ 2024; 94:102857. [PMID: 38232447 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2024.102857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Mainstream health economic theory implies that an expected gain in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) produces the same value for consumers, regardless of baseline health. Several strands of recent research call this implication into question. Generalized Risk-Adjusted Cost-Effectiveness (GRACE) demonstrates theoretically that baseline health status influences value, so long as consumers are not risk-neutral over health. Prior empirical literature casts doubt on risk-neutral expected utility-maximization in the health domain. We estimate utility over HRQoL in a nationally representative U.S. population and use our estimates to measure risk preferences over health. We find that individuals are risk-seeking at low levels of health, become risk-averse at health equal to 0.485 (measured on a 0-1 scale), and are most risk-averse at perfect health (coefficient of relative risk aversion = 4.51). We develop the resulting implications for medical decision making, cost-effectiveness analyses, and the proper theory of health-related decision making under uncertainty.
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- Karen Mulligan
- Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 312, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA; Schaffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, 635 Downey Way, Verna & Peter Dauterive Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 312, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 312, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA; Schaffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, 635 Downey Way, Verna & Peter Dauterive Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Department of Economics, University of Rochester, 238 Harkness Hall, 280 Hutchison Road, Box 270156, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA
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- Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall 312, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA; Schaffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, 635 Downey Way, Verna & Peter Dauterive Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA; School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
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García-Mainar I, Montuenga VM. Risk self-perception and occupational accidents. J Safety Res 2024; 88:135-144. [PMID: 38485356 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2023.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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INTRODUCTION This study analyzes the relationship between measures of occupational accidents and workers' perception of risk in the workplace using nationally representative data on workers' characteristics and a complete record of occupational accidents. METHODS Regression analyzes addressing both the ordinal nature of the dependent variable and causality were conducted to control for different sociodemographic factors influencing workers' perceptions of occupational risks. Special attention was paid to the risk level of the worker's workgroup, existence of family responsibilities, organizational safety culture, and measures of accident rates. RESULTS Individuals showed different perceptions of risk based on their personal and work characteristics. Significant associations were observed between each variable of interest and risk perception. Overall, the results remain robust across specifications addressing both simultaneity and ordinality. CONCLUSIONS Employees' "reading" of hazards was not fully aligned with objective information on occupational accidents but depended on individual characteristics. Having family responsibilities or being unionized increased workers' risk perception, whereas belonging to a workgroup with higher accident rates reduced it. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS Knowing how workers perceive risk and how this perception deviates from statistical information on accidents are essential for management to accurately design safety measures. In this regard, specific characteristics such as age, having dependents in the family, or the typology of the workers' workgroup should be taken into account. Greater knowledge of preventive measures will improve the way workers perceive risk, and ultimately contribute to reducing the likelihood of occupational accidents.
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- Inmaculada García-Mainar
- Departament of Economics and IEDIS, University of Zaragoza, (IEDIS) Institute on Employment, Digital Society and Sustainability, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departament of Economics and IEDIS, University of Zaragoza, (IEDIS) Institute on Employment, Digital Society and Sustainability, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Han SD, Barnes LL, Leurgans S, Yu L, Lamar M, Glover CM, Bennett DA, Boyle PA. Financial Risk Aversion Among Older Black and White Adults. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2024; 79:gbad169. [PMID: 37987706 PMCID: PMC10824163 DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbad169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Risk aversion has a substantial impact on decision making and is associated with key demographic characteristics. However, few studies have investigated whether risk aversion varies by race. METHODS We investigated racial differences in financial risk aversion in 684 older Black and White adults without dementia in the Minority Aging Research Study and Rush Memory and Aging Project matched for age, education, sex, and cognition using Mahalanobis distance. We also investigated whether select contextual factors (self-reported discrimination, socioeconomic status, and literacy) mediated or affective factors (trust, loneliness, and neuroticism) moderated any observed racial differences. RESULTS In regression models adjusted for age, education, sex, and cognitive function, older Black adults were more risk averse than older White adults (Beta = 0.1264, standard error = 0.0227, p value ≤ .00001). None of the contextual or affective factors mediated or moderated this association. DISCUSSION Older Black adults are more financially risk averse than older White adults. Because risk aversion may be associated with important financial and health outcomes in older age, more research is needed to investigate the reasons for this difference.
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- S Duke Han
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Zhou H, Wu AMS. The protective effects of cognitive empathy and emotional empathy on gambling disorder are mediated by risk aversion and responsible gambling attitude. BMC Psychiatry 2024; 24:63. [PMID: 38254048 PMCID: PMC10804480 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-024-05509-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Based on social cognitive theory, this study aimed to examine whether and how social abilities (i.e., cognitive empathy and emotional empathy) are associated with gambling disorder (GD) by incorporating attitudes toward general risk (i.e., risk aversion) and responsible gambling as potential mediators of this link. METHODS A convenience sample of 580 past-year lottery gamblers (Mage = 34.07, SD = 13.36; 50.4% female), recruited near lottery sales shops, completed an anonymous paper-version questionnaire on site. Data were collected using the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for GD, Interpersonal Reactivity Index, Risk Aversion Scale, Positive Play Scale, and demographic items. Path analysis and mediation analysis were applied to examine the effects of cognitive empathy and emotional empathy on GD and the mediating roles of risk aversion and responsible gambling attitude. RESULTS Our results showed that cognitive empathy, but not emotional empathy, was significantly and negatively correlated with GD. Also, the effect of cognitive empathy on GD was fully mediated by risk aversion and responsible gambling attitude, whilst the total indirect effect of emotional empathy on GD was nonsignificant. As hypothesized, the indirect paths from both types of empathy to GD were significantly and serially mediated by risk aversion and responsible gambling attitude. CONCLUSION Cognitive empathy, distinct from emotional empathy, was a statistically significant correlate of GD. Moreover, the path model results also suggest that responsible gambling attitude was a salient protective factors against GD. Future GD prevention efforts may benefit from paying more attention to the role of responsible gambling attitude.
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- Hui Zhou
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
- Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Institute of Collaborative Innovation, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China.
- Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Institute of Collaborative Innovation, University of Macau, Macao, China.
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Lee DG, D'Alessandro M, Iodice P, Calluso C, Rustichini A, Pezzulo G. Risky decisions are influenced by individual attributes as a function of risk preference. Cogn Psychol 2023; 147:101614. [PMID: 37837926 DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2023.101614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/16/2023]
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It has long been assumed in economic theory that multi-attribute decisions involving several attributes or dimensions - such as probabilities and amounts of money to be earned during risky choices - are resolved by first combining the attributes of each option to form an overall expected value and then comparing the expected values of the alternative options, using a unique evidence accumulation process. A plausible alternative would be performing independent comparisons between the individual attributes and then integrating the results of the comparisons afterwards. Here, we devise a novel method to disambiguate between these types of models, by orthogonally manipulating the expected value of choice options and the relative salience of their attributes. Our results, based on behavioral measures and drift-diffusion models, provide evidence in favor of the framework where information about individual attributes independently impacts deliberation. This suggests that risky decisions are resolved by running in parallel multiple comparisons between the separate attributes - possibly alongside an additional comparison of expected value. This result stands in contrast with the assumption of standard economic theory that choices require a unique comparison of expected values and suggests that at the cognitive level, decision processes might be more distributed than commonly assumed. Beyond our planned analyses, we also discovered that attribute salience affects people of different risk preference type in different ways: risk-averse participants seem to focus more on probability, except when monetary amount is particularly high; risk-neutral/seeking participants, in contrast, seem to focus more on monetary amount, except when probability is particularly low.
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- Douglas G Lee
- Tel Aviv University, School of Psychological Sciences, Tel Aviv, Israel; Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
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- Université de Rouen, Rouen, France; Movement Interactions Performance Lab, Le Mans Université, Le Mans, France
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- Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council, Rome, Italy.
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Pham M, Vo NKT, Tran SST, To HHT, Lam BQ. How does herd behaviour impact the purchase intention? Explore the moderating effect of risk aversion in the context of Vietnamese consumers. Acta Psychol (Amst) 2023; 241:104096. [PMID: 38041914 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.104096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/04/2023] Open
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Managers have been applying the influence of herd behaviour to stimulate purchase intention but have not achieved precise results because they do not clearly understand the mechanism of this relationship. This article aims to determine the effect of herd behaviour on the relationship between information adoption and purchase intention and the moderating of risk aversion. With 17 variables for four concepts, data was collected online with 340 respondents and analysed with a partial least squares structural equation modelling. When considering herd behaviour in terms of subjective norms with corroborated information, this study upgrades the classic role of the theory of planned behaviour in purchase intention. The findings indicate a positive relationship between herd behaviour, information adoption and purchase intention. In particular, risk aversion is a positive moderator of the relationship between herd behaviour and purchase intention. This result is a significant addition to the theoretical body and shows that risk aversion can drive purchase intention through herd behaviour. In other words, this study upgrades the perception of information source authentication through herd behaviour to explain the purchase intentions of Vietnamese consumers. These results show that managers can create risky situations to promote herd behaviour. They can also apply information adoption stimuli to stimulate herd behaviour. At the same time, through the information adoption mechanism, consumers can be more alert to the effect of herd behaviour and have more opinions when making purchases.
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- Minh Pham
- Ho Chi Minh City Open University, 35-37 Ho Hao Hon Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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- Ho Chi Minh City Open University, 35-37 Ho Hao Hon Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- Ho Chi Minh City Open University, 35-37 Ho Hao Hon Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- Ho Chi Minh City Open University, 35-37 Ho Hao Hon Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- Ho Chi Minh City Open University, 35-37 Ho Hao Hon Street, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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Wilson RS, Yu L, Stewart CC, Bennett DA, Boyle PA. Change in Decision-Making Analysis and Preferences in Old Age. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2023; 78:1659-1667. [PMID: 36856705 PMCID: PMC10561891 DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbad037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To test the hypotheses that decision making ability declines in old age and that a higher level of cognitive reserve is associated with a reduced rate of decline. METHODS As part of an ongoing cohort study, 982 older adults without dementia at study enrollment completed measures of purpose in life and cognitive activity which were used as markers of cognitive reserve. At annual intervals thereafter, they completed 6 tests of decision making. RESULTS In a factor analysis of baseline decision making scores, 3 measures (financial/health literacy, financial/health decision making, scam susceptibility) loaded on an "analytic" factor and 3 (temporal discounting small stakes, temporal discounting large stakes, risk aversion) loaded on a "preferences" (for temporal discounting and avoiding risk) factor. During a mean of 4.7 years of follow-up (standard deviation = 2.9), analytic factor scores decreased (mean = 0.042-unit per year, standard error [SE] = 0.006, p < .001) and preferences factor scores increased (mean = 0.021-unit per year, SE = 0.006, p < .001), with a correlation of 0.13 (p < .001) between rates of change. Evidence of an association between cognitive reserve and decision making was mixed with purpose in life related to change in analytic decision making, whereas past (but not current) cognitive activity was related to change in decision making preferences. DISCUSSION Decision making analysis and preferences change over time in late life. Change over time in decision making components is relatively independent and differentially related to age and cognitive reserve.
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- Robert S Wilson
- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Lim S, Oh T, Ngayo G. Analyzing factors affecting risk aversion: Case of life insurance data in Korea. Heliyon 2023; 9:e20697. [PMID: 37829817 PMCID: PMC10565772 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
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This research employs machine learning analysis on extensive data from a prominent Korean life insurance company to substantiate the insurance demand theory, which posits that insurance demand increases with risk aversion. We quantitatively delineate the traits of risk-averse individuals. Our study focuses on a cohort of 94,306 individuals who have filed insurance claims due to illness. To forecast prospective insurance consumers inclined toward additional purchases, we construct a predictive model using a machine learning algorithm. This model incorporates 19 demographic and socioeconomic factors as independent variables, with additional insurance acquisition as the dependent variable. Consequently, we uncover the distinctive characteristics of consumers predicted to acquire supplementary insurance products. Our findings reveal a significant association between the independent variables and the likelihood of purchasing additional insurance. Notably, 10 out of the 19 independent variables exert a substantial influence on additional insurance acquisitions. These characteristics encompass residence in rural areas, a higher likelihood of being female, advanced age, increased assets, a higher likelihood of being blue-collar workers, lower education levels, a greater likelihood of being married or divorced/separated, a history of cancer, and a predisposition for existing policyholders with prior subscriptions to actual loss insurance or substantial insurance contract amounts. Our study holds academic significance by addressing limitations observed in prior research, which predominantly relied on questionnaires to qualitatively assess risk aversion. Instead, we offer specific insights into individual characteristics associated with risk aversion. Moreover, we anticipate that Korean insurance companies can leverage these insights to attract new clientele while retaining existing members through predictive risk aversion analysis. These findings also offer valuable insights across a spectrum of disciplines, including business administration, psychology, education, sociology, and sales/marketing, related to individuals' risk preferences and behaviors.
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- Sehyun Lim
- Seoul Business School, aSSIST University, 6 Ewhayeodae 2-gil, Fintower, Sinchon-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea, 03767
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- Seoul AI School, aSSIST University 6 Ewhayeodae 2-gil, Fintower, Sinchon-ro, Seodaemun-gu Seoul, South Korea, 03767
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- Franklin University Switzerland, Via Ponte Tresa 29, 6924 Sorengo, Switzerland
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Chang L, Liang R, Zhang J, Yan X, Tao H, Zhu T. Narcissistic CEOs, dynamic capability, and green innovation. Heliyon 2023; 9:e18898. [PMID: 37600378 PMCID: PMC10432200 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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Green innovation is currently recognized as a critical aspect for organizations to create economic value while contributing to ecological sustainability. Using the rationale of upper echelons theory, the present study introduces CEO narcissism, an important but underexplored psychological trait, and dynamic capability to probe the mechanisms driving green innovation. The regression findings show that enterprises with narcissistic CEOs do better in terms of green innovation. According to the mediation study findings, dynamic capability mediates between the CEO narcissism and corporate green innovation. In addition, the examination of mediated moderation reveals that top management risk aversion could negatively moderate this mediation effect. Such observations not only show that the CEO's personality has the potential to enhance corporate green achievements, but also discover the underlying mechanism which would provide guidance to help firms to be green.
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- Le Chang
- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), School of Physics, Nanjing University, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
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- School of Computer Science, Nanjing Audit University, China
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- School of Finance, Nanjing Audit University, China
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- School of Accounting, Nanjing Audit University, China
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Hermanns B, Kokot J. Contextual framing effects on risk aversion assessed using the bomb risk elicitation task. Econ Lett 2023:111227. [PMID: 37362549 PMCID: PMC10281696 DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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We examine the impact of framing on individuals' risk-taking behavior in the context of health risks during the coronavirus outbreak. We elicit risk attitudes from a sample of 3,385 individuals across seven European countries using an incentivized decision-making task. Participants are randomly assigned to one of three versions of the task: one involving the risk of a bomb explosion, one involving the risk of contracting an infectious disease, and one involving opening an empty box. We find that the framing of the task significantly affects risk-taking behavior, with participants exhibiting greater risk aversion in the health task than in the bomb or neutral task. This framing effect is observed in the majority of the countries studied.
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- Benedicta Hermanns
- University of Hamburg, Mittelweg 177, Hamburg, 20148, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Esplanade 36, Hamburg, 20354, Germany
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- University of Hamburg, Mittelweg 177, Hamburg, 20148, Germany
- Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Esplanade 36, Hamburg, 20354, Germany
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Long TQ, Morgan PJ, Yoshino N. Financial literacy, behavioral traits, and ePayment adoption and usage in Japan. Financ Innov 2023; 9:101. [PMID: 37325238 PMCID: PMC10257561 DOI: 10.1186/s40854-023-00504-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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This study investigates how financial literacy and behavioral traits affect the adoption of electronic payment (ePayment) services in Japan. We construct a financial literacy index using a representative sample of 25,000 individuals from the Bank of Japan's 2019 Financial Literacy Survey. We then analyze the relationship between this index and the extensive and intensive usage of two types of payment services: electronic money (e-money) and mobile payment apps. Using an instrumental variable approach, we find that higher financial literacy is positively associated with a higher likelihood of adopting ePayment services. The empirical results suggest that individuals with higher financial literacy use payment services more frequently. We also find that risk-averse people are less likely to adopt and use ePayment services, whereas people with herd behavior tend to adopt and use ePayment services more. Our empirical results also suggest that the effects of financial literacy on the adoption and use of ePayment differ among people with different behavioral traits. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40854-023-00504-3.
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- Trinh Quang Long
- Faculty of Business, FPT University HCM Campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Senior Consulting Economist and Advisor to the Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute, Kasumigaseki 3-2-5, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-6008 Japan
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- Faculty of Economics, Keio University, 2 Chome-15-45 Mita, Minato City, Tokyo, 108-8345 Japan
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Attema AE, L'Haridon O, van de Kuilen G. Decomposing social risk preferences for health and wealth. J Health Econ 2023; 90:102757. [PMID: 37062256 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2023.102757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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This study reports the results of the first artefactual field experiment designed to measure the prevalence of aversion toward different components of social risks in a large and demographically representative sample. We identify social risk preferences for health and wealth for losses and gains, and decompose these attitudes into four different dimensions: individual risk, collective risk, ex-post inequality, and ex-ante inequality. The results of a non-parametric analysis suggest that aversion to risk and inequality is the mean preference for outcomes in health and wealth in the domain of gains and losses. A parametric decomposition of aversion to risk and inequality shows that respondents are averse to ex-post and ex-ante inequality in health and wealth for gains and losses. Likewise, respondents are averse to collective risk, but neutral to individual risk, which highlights the importance of considering different components of social risk preferences when managing social health and wealth risks.
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- Arthur E Attema
- EsCHER, Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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- CREM, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France, and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Tilburg School of Economics and Management, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands
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Liu Z, Gao Z, Geng X, Wen L, Kiprop E. Risk aversion, marketing outlets, and biological control practice adoption: insight from pear farmers in China. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:84798-84813. [PMID: 35790627 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-21737-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Biological control (BC) is an important component of green control techniques, and its adoption in the production of fresh produce holds economic and ecological importance as an alternative to chemical pesticides, yet its current adoption rate is not high. To clarify the issue, this study analyzes the factors that influence growers' adoption of BC practices in China's orchard systems. We focus on how marketing outlets and risk attitudes affect farmers' adoption of BC practices. A field survey of 327 pear growers was conducted in three main pear-producing areas of Hebei, Shandong, and Hubei provinces of China between October and December 2020. Results show that farmers' risk aversion has a significant and negative impact on their adoption of BC practices. The market environment is another dramatic factor affecting farmers' adoption. Both green certification and cooperative marketing have a significant role in promoting farmers' adoption of BC practices. Our findings highlight the importance of risk reduction and market environment to BC adoption. Furthermore, it can provide critical information for policymakers in formulating strategies to promote the application and extension of BC practices among farmers in developing countries, such as China.
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- Zhenzhen Liu
- College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, No.1, Weigang Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0240, USA
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- College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, No.1, Weigang Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, No.1, Weigang Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, People's Republic of China
- School of Business, Jiangsu University of Technology, No. 1801, Zhongwu Avenue, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213001, People's Republic of China
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- College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, No.1, Weigang Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, People's Republic of China
- School of Business and Economics, Kabarak University, Nakuru, Kenya
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Tang L, Li EY, Wu P, Jiang J. Optimal decisions for green supply chain with a risk-averse retailer under government intervention. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:70014-70039. [PMID: 35583759 PMCID: PMC9115568 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20663-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This paper investigates the effects of the financial subsidy and product access policies on the performance of green supply chains (GSCs). Based on the game theory and preference theory, we study a green supply chain consisting of a risk-neutral manufacturer and a risk-averse retailer under government interventions from different power structures. The result reveals that green production can be effectively promoted only when product access exceeds a certain threshold. The Nash equilibrium game has the highest greenness and expected utility of GSC. It also shows that regardless of the market structure and government intervention policy, the retailer's risk aversion is positively correlated with the highest level of product access. Moreover, once effective product access is implemented, the retailer's risk aversion does not affect the optimal greenness of manufacturer production. Besides, compared with other intervention policies, the highest optimal product greenness exists in the scenario of financial subsidy with effective product access. The study suggests that the government needs to set certain green standards when implementing subsidy policies and promoting the risk aversion of retailers.
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- Li Tang
- School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Department of Information Management, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, 621301, Taiwan
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- College of Business Administration, Shanghai Business School, Fengxian District, 123 Fengpu Avenue, Shanghai, 201400, China
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- College of Business Administration, Shanghai Business School, Fengxian District, 123 Fengpu Avenue, Shanghai, 201400, China.
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Orlandi LB, Febo V, Perdichizzi S. The role of religiosity in product and technology acceptance: Evidence from COVID-19 vaccines. Technol Forecast Soc Change 2022; 185:122032. [PMID: 36117496 PMCID: PMC9464621 DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Previous research on religion and economic phenomena has suggested that religious attitudes are related to risk aversion. Moreover, risk attitudes play a significant role in the adoption and diffusion of technological innovations. However, the role of religiosity in technology-related phenomena is still relatively unexplored. The present study fills this gap and investigates the impact of religiosity on the acceptance of innovative technologies and products in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we frame COVID-19 vaccines as new products based on innovative production technologies and show that their acceptance by the general public is negatively associated with country-level religiosity. Furthermore, we investigate the role of religious leaders in endorsing COVID-19 vaccines to their followers. Our hypotheses are empirically tested on 1179 weekly observations of vaccination rates in 22 European countries characterised by different levels of religiosity. The results suggest that religiosity is negatively associated with vaccine rates after controlling for country-level social and economic factors. Conversely, the countries where Roman Catholics are the majority religious group display a positive association between religiosity and vaccine rates, highlighting the role of leaders in endorsing the COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
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- EM Normandie Business School, Metis Lab, France, 30-32 Rue Henri Barbusse, 92110 Clichy, France
- Department of Management, University of Bologna, via Capo di Lucca 34, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Management, University of Bologna, via Capo di Lucca 34, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Esparcia C, López R. Outperformance of the pharmaceutical sector during the COVID-19 pandemic: Global time-varying screening rule development. Inf Sci (N Y) 2022; 609:1181-203. [PMID: 35915847 DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2022.07.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 07/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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This study demonstrates the major role played by the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this purpose, it provides evidence of a better risk-return relationship in these sectors through a multivariate study of monthly frequency. A global and dynamic ratio is developed to summarize different investor profiles according to their attitude toward risk and to consider the dynamic and changing nature of the economy and financial markets. This global ratio synthesizes the information from different orders of Kappa indices and Farinelli-Tibiletti ratios into a single measure. Additionally, we verify that Principal Component Analysis allows summarizing the information contained in the initial variables from the first new component. Our findings confirm that a filtering asset screening rule strategy is relevant and necessary. In this respect, passive management of midterm equal-weighted pharmaceutical portfolios outperforms both the pure financial and the healthcare investment strategies used during the pandemic.
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Mao H, Guo Y, Zhang Y, Zhou S, Liu C. Low-carbon technology service mode with revenue-sharing contract considering advance funding risk. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:68842-68856. [PMID: 35554812 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20121-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This study aims to effectively reduce carbon emissions by selecting the low-carbon technology service emission reduction modes. This paper constructs a revenue-sharing contract model based on game theory. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the choice of carbon emission reduction strategies for carbon emission-dependent manufacturers and low-carbon technology service providers with advance funding risk aversion. This study analyzes the effects on the optimal decision-making and profits of both parties of the degree of risk aversion and the investment cost coefficient of carbon emissions reduction for service providers, and initial carbon emissions of manufacturers. The optimal carbon emissions reduction strategy of manufacturers and service providers with numerical analysis is obtained, and the revenue-sharing contract coordination is realized. Finally, the validity of the contract is verified by simulation analysis. The results show that manufacturers and service providers can only achieve optimal cooperation for emission reduction within a certain range of parameters. With different investment cost coefficients of carbon emissions reduction and with different initial carbon emissions, manufacturers will adjust the fixed emissions reduction fee and the revenue-sharing coefficient to encourage service providers to offer the optimal carbon emissions reduction rate. This study enriches theoretical research on low-carbon service chains. It also provides important practical evidence to help manufacturers and service providers choose optimal strategies for coordinating revenue-sharing contracts.
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- Huiying Mao
- Business School, Suzhou University, Suzhou, 234000, China
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- Business School, Suzhou University, Suzhou, 234000, China.
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221008, China.
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- Business School, Suzhou University, Suzhou, 234000, China
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- Business School, Suzhou University, Suzhou, 234000, China
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- Business School, Suzhou University, Suzhou, 234000, China
- School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Matthies K, Toxvaerd F. Rather doomed than uncertain: risk attitudes and transmissive behavior under asymptomatic infection. Econ Theory 2022; 76:1-44. [PMID: 35909496 PMCID: PMC9308401 DOI: 10.1007/s00199-022-01448-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We analyze the relation between individuals' risk aversion and their willingness to expose themselves to infection when faced with an asymptomatic infectious disease. We show that in a high prevalence environment, increasing individuals' risk aversion increases their propensity to engage in transmissive behavior. The reason for this result is that as risk aversion increases, exposure which leads to infection with certainty becomes relatively more attractive than the uncertain payoffs from protected behavior. We provide evidence from a laboratory experiment which is consistent with our theoretical findings.
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- Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, Austin Robinson Building, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DD UK
- CEPR, London, UK
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Cai J, Lin H, Hu X, Ping M. Green supply chain game model and contract design: risk neutrality vs. risk aversion. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:51871-51891. [PMID: 35257336 PMCID: PMC8900968 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18804-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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This paper incorporates the players' risk attitudes into a green supply chain (GSC) consisting of a supplier and a retailer. The supplier conducts production and determines the green level and wholesale price as a game leader; the retailer sells green products to consumers and determines the retail price as a follower. Equilibrium solutions are derived, and the influence of risk aversion on the GSC is examined. Our results show that, for the centralized GSC, risk aversion lowers the green level and the retail price, while for the decentralized GSC, risk aversion lowers the wholesale price and the retail price, but it may induce the supplier to increase the green level given a high-risk tolerance of the supplier. Meanwhile, the risk-averse decentralized GSC may obtain more expected profit than the risk-neutral decentralized GSC. Furthermore, this paper designs a revenue-and-cost-sharing joint contract to coordinate the risk-neutral GSC, and such a contract can improve the risk-averse GSC under specific conditions.
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- Jianhu Cai
- School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, China
- School of Management, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, China.
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- School of Management, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, China
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Han JJ, Patrick WL, Rao A, Smood B, Helmers M, Iyengar A, Kelly JJ, Kalva S, Atluri P, Desai N, Cevasco M. Populational Perceptions Regarding Decision to Visit the Emergency Room with Chest Pain During COVID-19. Cardiol Ther 2022; 11:269-281. [PMID: 35318609 PMCID: PMC8939398 DOI: 10.1007/s40119-022-00259-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION A significant decrease in emergency presentations of acute cardiac conditions has been observed during the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to understand perceptions that influence people's decisions whether to present to the emergency department (ED) with symptoms related to acute cardiovascular events to inform necessary medical communication. METHODS We recruited users of Amazon Mechanical Turk (Seattle, WA) to participate in a survey to elucidate perceptions of COVID-19 risk associated with a visit to the ED. A conjoint analysis was designed based on commonly reported factors associated with people's decisions to present to the ED during the pandemic to calculate preference utilities. RESULTS After exclusions, 1003 participants completed the survey between 12/5/2020 and 12/6/2020. Participants ranked the perceived risk of contracting COVID-19 at the ED as one of the highest, only second to that at bars and restaurants. Only 68% (685/1003) were willing to present to the ED immediately with severe chest pain. Fear of further transmitting the virus to loved ones was the most frequently cited reason for not presenting. Conjoint analysis demonstrated severe chest pain to be the dominant factor in the decision to present to the ED. CONCLUSIONS The risk of contracting COVID-19 while presenting to the ED for a life-threatening cardiovascular symptom is overestimated and is strongly affected by social factors.
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- Jason J Han
- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Penn Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, 6 Silverstein Pavilion, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Wang T, Zhang J, Li Y, Xu X, Li Y, Zeng X, Huang G, Lin P. Optimal design of two-dimensional water trading based on risk aversion for sustainable development of Daguhe watershed, China. J Environ Manage 2022; 309:114679. [PMID: 35176569 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Water related problems, including water scarcity and pollution, have become increasingly urgent challenges especially in arid and semiarid regions. Two-dimensional water trading (2DWT) mechanism has been designed to unify the quantity and quality of water for relieving the water crisis. This study aims to develop a risk aversion optimization-two dimensional water trading model (RAO-2DWTM) for planning the regional-scale water resources management system (RWMS). This is the first attempt on planning RWMS through risk aversion optimization within the two-dimensional water trading framework. RAO-2DWTM cannot only support in-depth analysis regarding the effect of decision maker's preferences on system risk in different trading scenarios, but also reflect the interaction between water right trading and effluent trading, as well as disclose the optimal scheme of water resource management under uncertainties. Twenty four scenarios associated with different trading scenarios and robust levels are analyzed. The optimization scheme under the optimal risk control level is determined based on TOPSIS. Results revealed that 2DWT would bring high benefit with reduced risk cost, water deficit and emissions, implying the effectiveness of 2DWT mechanism. The results also disclosed that risk aversion behavior can mitigate water scarcity and pollution, as well as reduce risk cost, but may lead to some losses of system benefit. Consequently, decision makers should make trade-offs between system benefit and risk in identifying desired trading schemes.
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- Taishan Wang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China; Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China
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- School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- School of Labor Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, 100070, China
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- Environmental Systems Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Regina, Sask, S4S 0A2, Canada
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China
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Hackethal A, Kirchler M, Laudenbach C, Razen M, Weber A. On the role of monetary incentives in risk preference elicitation experiments. J Risk Uncertain 2022; 66:189-213. [PMID: 36945231 PMCID: PMC10023624 DOI: 10.1007/s11166-022-09377-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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UNLABELLED Incentivized experiments in which individuals receive monetary rewards according to the outcomes of their decisions are regarded as the gold standard for preference elicitation in experimental economics. These task-related real payments are considered necessary to reveal subjects' "true preferences." Using a systematic, large-sample approach with three subject pools of private investors, professional investors, and students, we test the effect of task-related monetary incentives on risk preferences in four standard experimental tasks. We find no significant differences in behavior between and within subjects in the incentivized and non-incentivized regimes. We discuss implications for academic research and forions in the field. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11166-022-09377-w.
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- Andreas Hackethal
- Goethe University Frankfurt and Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt and Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, Frankfurt, Germany
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Riyahi S, Carrillo-Ortiz JG, Uribe F, Calafell F, Senar JC. Risk-taking coping style correlates with SERT SNP290 polymorphisms in free-living great tits. J Exp Biol 2022; 225:274842. [PMID: 35332918 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.243342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The coping style of an individual in relation to potentially dangerous situations has been suggested to be inherited in a polygenic fashion, being SERT one of the candidate genes. In this paper, we assessed in free-living great tits Parus major the association between SNP290 in the SERT promoter and three standard fear-related behaviors, namely the response of the birds to a black and white flag fixed to the top of the nest-box, distress calling rate of the birds in the hand once captured and the hissing call of incubating females when approached by a predator. We found a strong association between SNP290 polymorphism and the three risk-taking behaviors, with birds with genotype CT entering faster to the nest box with the flag and displaying more distress calls and less hissing calls. CT birds could therefore be described as more proactive than CC individuals. These results also suggest that hissing behavior should be regarded as a fear-induced shy behavior, and confirm that SERT has an important function in relation to risk aversion behaviors and coping style.
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- Sepand Riyahi
- Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Psseig Picasso s/n, Parc Ciutadella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.,Evolutionary Biology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Psseig Picasso s/n, Parc Ciutadella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Psseig Picasso s/n, Parc Ciutadella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain
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- Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Psseig Picasso s/n, Parc Ciutadella, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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Fitchett JM, Swatton DA. Exploring public awareness of the current and future malaria risk zones in South Africa under climate change: a pilot study. Int J Biometeorol 2022; 66:301-311. [PMID: 33175213 PMCID: PMC7656892 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-020-02042-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Although only a small proportion of the landmass of South Africa is classified as high risk for malaria, the country experiences on-going challenges relating to malaria outbreaks. Climate change poses a growing threat to this already dire situation. While considerable effort has been placed in public health campaigns in the highest-risk regions, and national malaria maps are updated to account for changing climate, malaria cases have increased. This pilot study considers the sub-population of South Africans who reside outside of the malaria area, yet have the means to travel into this high-risk region for vacation. Through the lens of the governmental "ABC of malaria prevention", we explore this sub-population's awareness of the current boundaries to the malaria area, perceptions of the future boundary under climate change, and their risk-taking behaviours relating to malaria transmission. Findings reveal that although respondents self-report a high level of awareness regarding malaria, and their boundary maps reveal the broad pattern of risk distribution, their specifics on details are lacking. This includes over-estimating both the current and future boundaries, beyond the realms of climate-topographic possibility. Despite over-estimating the region of malaria risk, the respondents reveal an alarming lack of caution when travelling to malaria areas. Despite being indicated for high-risk malaria areas, the majority of respondents did not use chemoprophylaxis, and many relied on far less-effective measures. This may in part be due to respondents relying on information from friends and family, rather than medical or governmental advice.
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- Jennifer M Fitchett
- School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Song Y, Liu J, Zhang W, Li J. Blockchain's role in e-commerce sellers' decision-making on information disclosure under competition. Ann Oper Res 2022; 329:1-40. [PMID: 35095155 PMCID: PMC8787204 DOI: 10.1007/s10479-021-04276-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In e-commerce, sellers can disclose product information (such as quality, size information, function, and so on) to make consumers understand the products. However, in the process of information disclosure, consumers often fall into information distortion or information loss. Because of its immutability and traceability, blockchain can help e-commerce sellers improve information disclosure and ensure the efficiency of information transmission. We study a duopoly competitive e-commerce market in which two e-commerce sellers compete in information disclosure. According to whether to apply blockchain, we divide the sellers' decision-making into four research scenarios (NN, BN, NB, BB). Based on the above four scenarios, we get the market demand of different products depending on the consumer utility, and further establish the game model in the competitive environment. This paper explores the impact of blockchain on information disclosure and consumer surplus, and achieves the Nash equilibrium of blockchain application for both sides. In the expansion model, we study e-commerce sellers' risk aversion and capital constraints, and further explore their impact on blockchain in practice. Finally, combining with blockchain's characteristics, we also analyze the impact of the application of blockchain at other aspects on the supply chain. We find that when consumers' trust in information is low or the cost of blockchain applications is low, all e-commerce sellers in competition will adopt blockchain. In addition, when consumers have low trust in information, it will be difficult to achieve complete equilibrium in the application of blockchain as their risk aversion increases. For capital constrained sellers, when the cost of blockchain application is low, it will be difficult to achieve full equilibrium for blockchain applicants as the bank financing rate increases.
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- Yuguang Song
- School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Media Convergence and Communication, Communication University of China, Beijing, 100024 China
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- School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124 China
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- School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124 China
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Diza F, Nuryakin C, Muchtar PA. Parent's risk preference and childhood vaccination: evidence from Indonesia. J Public Health Policy 2022; 43:659-69. [PMID: 36333457 DOI: 10.1057/s41271-022-00375-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A vaccines advisory group to the World Health Organization (WHO) identified complacency, inconvenience in accessing vaccines, and lack of confidence as key reasons for hesitancy. In childhood vaccination, the decision to take a vaccine relies on parents' decisions. Our study explored the relationship between parents' risk aversion and complete childhood vaccination status to identify whether demand contributes to vaccine hesitancy in Indonesia. We examined risk aversion using data from the fifth-wave Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS), focusing on parents with extreme risk aversion or fear of uncertainty. The logistic regression shows a negligible relationship between parents' risk aversion and childhood vaccination; nevertheless, parents who fear uncertainty tend to avoid vaccination. The results of this study encourage public health professionals and policymakers to properly design vaccine campaigns with careful consideration of the risk preference dimension of the targeted beneficiaries.
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Yee CH, Al-Mulali U, Ling GM. Intention towards renewable energy investments in Malaysia: extending theory of planned behaviour. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:1021-1036. [PMID: 34341932 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-15737-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Renewable energy investments possess great potential for reducing the consumption of fossil fuels influenced by various determinants. This study investigates the individual investors' renewable energy investments' intention within the framework of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) based on a survey conducted in 3 major states in Malaysia. The results indicate that one's intention to invest in renewable energy investments is influenced by attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control and evaluation of regulatory framework. Risk aversion on the other hand was found to have no effect on investors' intention towards such investments. The findings also reveal that the evaluation of regulatory framework is the most important determinant. This outcome contradicts the outcomes arrived at by the previous studies that focus on investment behaviours or other types of pro-environmentally intention or behaviours. This research also investigates the indirect effects of TPB on explaining investor's intention towards renewable energy investments through the evaluation of regulatory framework. The results indicate that the investors' intention towards renewable energy investments is indirectly influenced by attitude and perceived behavioural control. Subjective norm does not have an indirect effect on investors' intention towards renewable energy investments. This study provides policymakers' important practical implications to improve renewable energy investments.
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- Chio Hui Yee
- Faculty of Business, Multimedia University, 75450, Melaka, Malaysia.
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- Faculty of Business, Multimedia University, 75450, Melaka, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Business, Multimedia University, 75450, Melaka, Malaysia
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Sacks GD, Dawes AJ, Tsugawa Y, Brook RH, Russell MM, Ko CY, Maggard-Gibbons M, Ettner SL. The Association Between Risk Aversion of Surgeons and Their Clinical Decision-Making. J Surg Res 2021; 268:232-243. [PMID: 34371282 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.06.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND The extent to which a surgeon's risk aversion influences their clinical decisions remains unknown. We assessed whether a surgeon's attitude toward risk ("risk aversion") influences their surgical decisions and whether the relationship can be explained by differences in surgeons' perception of treatment risks and benefits. MATERIALS AND METHODS We presented a series of detailed clinical vignettes to a national sample of surgeons (n = 1,769; 13.4% adjusted response rate) and asked them to complete an instrument that measured how risk averse they are within their clinical practice (scale 6-36; higher number indicates greater risk aversion). For each vignette, participants rated their likelihood of recommending an operation and judged the likelihood of complications or full recovery. We examined whether differences in perceived likelihood of complications versus recovery could explain why risk-averse surgeons may be less likely to recommend an operation. RESULTS Surgeons varied in their self-reported risk aversion score (median = 25, interquartile range[22,28]). Scores did not differ by level of surgeon experience or gender. Risk-averse surgeons were significantly less likely to recommend an operation for patients with exactly the same condition (65.5% for surgeons in highest quartile of risk aversion versus 62.3% for lowest quartile; P = 0.02). However, after controlling for surgeons' perception of the likelihood of complications versus recovery, there was no longer a significant association between surgeons' risk aversion and the decision to recommend an operation (64.7% versus 64.8%; P = 0.96). CONCLUSIONS Surgeons vary widely in their self-reported risk aversion. Risk-averse surgeons were significantly less likely to recommend an operation, a finding that was explained by a higher perceived probability of post-operative complications than their colleagues.
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- Greg D Sacks
- Department of Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York.
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- S-SPIRE Center and Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California; RAND Corporation, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
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Msk L, Wc C, Csy C, Cmw S, Skw C, Emh L, Clm H, Yn S, Tmc L, Tl L, Eyh C. Altered risky decision making in patients with early non-affective psychosis. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2021; 271:723-31. [PMID: 30806772 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-019-00994-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2018] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Abnormal risky decision making may represent an important factor contributing to functional impairment in psychotic disorders. Previous research revealed impaired decision making under risk in patients with chronic schizophrenia. However, risky decision making is under-studied in the early course of illness. We examined risky decision making in 33 patients with early non-affective psychosis and 32 demographically matched controls, using two well-validated experimental paradigms, balloon analogue risk task (BART) and Risky-Gains task (RGT), which modeled and assessed actual risk-taking behaviors in deliberative and time-pressured decision-making situations, respectively. Our results showed that patients exhibited suboptimal decision making on the BART and were more risk averse than controls by having fewer average balloon pumps in non-burst trials, lower explosion rate and lower total points gained. On the RGT, patients also behaved more conservatively than controls, with lower overall rate in choosing the risky option. Intriguingly, patients performed comparably to controls in adjusting risk-taking pattern following punished trials, suggesting relatively preserved sensitivity to punishment in early psychosis. Risk-taking measures showed no significant correlations with any symptom dimensions, impulsivity traits, cognitive functions or antipsychotic treatment after correcting for multiple comparisons. This study is the first to investigate risk-taking propensity in early psychosis based on BART/RGT performance, and consistently indicate that patients with early psychosis displayed altered risky decision making with increased risk aversion relative to healthy participants. Further investigation is warranted to clarify the longitudinal course of aberrant risky decision making and its relationship with functional outcome in early psychosis.
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Koshy K, Shendell DG, Presutti MJ. Perspectives of region II OSHA authorized safety and health trainers about initial COVID-19 response programs. Saf Sci 2021; 138:105193. [PMID: 33558790 PMCID: PMC7859728 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In this cross-sectional survey-based study conducted in early fall 2020, we attempted to measure and ascertain the extent of whether employers in New York and New Jersey were prepared to manage and follow occupational safety and health (S&H) regulations and industry risk processes in developing an exposure control response program to COVID-19, the disease caused by exposure to the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. We focused on Region II of the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL)-Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). In addition, we examined possible explanations for lack of compliance and uniformity across the region in various USDOL-OSHA regulatory aspects like training, respiratory protection program administration and proper task-specific application of occupational S&H hazard controls through risk management systems. We suggest opportunities for employer and governmental interventions to reduce potential worker exposures and better control future worksite biological hazards and infectious disease transmission. Overall, data suggested prevalent inconsistencies, noncompliance and a less than uniform approach to implementing COVID-19 response programs.
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- Koshy Koshy
- Rutgers School of Public Health (SPH), NJ Safe Schools Program, Piscataway, NJ, USA
- Rutgers SPH, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health & Justice, Piscataway, NJ, USA
- Rutgers SPH, Center for Public Health Workforce Development, Somerset, NJ, USA
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- Rutgers School of Public Health (SPH), NJ Safe Schools Program, Piscataway, NJ, USA
- Rutgers SPH, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health & Justice, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Rutgers SPH, Center for Public Health Workforce Development, Somerset, NJ, USA
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De Agrò M, Grimwade D, Bach R, Czaczkes TJ. Irrational risk aversion in an ant. Anim Cogn 2021. [PMID: 33939043 DOI: 10.1007/s10071-021-01516-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Animals must often decide between exploiting safe options or risky options with a chance for large gains. Both proximate theories based on perceptual mechanisms, and evolutionary ones based on fitness benefits, have been proposed to explain decisions under risk. Eusocial insects represent a special case of risk sensitivity, as they must often make collective decisions based on resource evaluations from many individuals. Previously, colonies of the ant Lasius niger were found to be risk-neutral, but the risk preference of individual foragers was unknown. Here, we tested individual L. niger in a risk sensitivity paradigm. Ants were trained to associate one scent with 0.55 M sucrose solution and another with an equal chance of either 0.1 or 1.0 M sucrose. Preference was tested in a Y-maze. Ants were extremely risk-averse, with 91% choosing the safe option. Based on the psychophysical Weber-Fechner law, we predicted that ants evaluate resources depending on their logarithmic difference. To test this hypothesis, we designed 4 more experiments by varying the relative differences between the alternatives, making the risky option less, equally or more valuable than the safe one. Our results support the logarithmic origin of risk aversion in ants, and demonstrate that the behaviour of individual foragers can be a very poor predictor of colony-level behaviour.
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Satoh M, Sato N. Relationship of attitudes toward uncertainty and preventive health behaviors with breast cancer screening participation. BMC Womens Health 2021; 21:171. [PMID: 33882923 PMCID: PMC8061057 DOI: 10.1186/s12905-021-01317-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Backgroundcxs Early detection of breast cancer is effective for prolonging survival, but the participation rate in breast cancer screening among target Japanese women remains low. This study examined the relationships between tendencies in decision-making under conditions of uncertainty, health behaviors, demographics, and breast cancer screening participation in Japanese women. Methods Secondary analysis was performed using data from the 2017 Keio Household Panel Survey (KHPS). The study population consisted of 2945 households. Data were obtained from the KHPS for women aged 40 years or older. Breast cancer screening participation in the past year, risk aversion, time preference, health behaviors (e.g., smoking, alcohol consumption, and medical treatment received in the past year), and demographic variables were analyzed. Results Data from 708 women were analyzed. Among the respondents, 28.8% had attended breast cancer screening in the past year. Factors found to significantly contribute to breast cancer screening participation included higher risk aversion (odds ratio [OR], 2.34; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.03–5.32; p = 0.043), medical treatment received in the past year (OR, 1.56; 95% CI = 1.06–2.30; p = 0.026), higher self-rated health (OR, 1.47; 95% CI = 1.18–1.83; p = 0.001), living above the poverty line (OR, 2.31; 95% CI = 1.13–4.72; p = 0.022), and having children (OR, 1.57; 95% CI = 1.02–2.42; p = 0.042). Factors significantly associated with non-participation in breast cancer screening were smoking (OR, 0.20; 95% CI = 0.10–0.42; p < 0.000), alcohol consumption (OR, 0.56; 95% CI = 0.37–0.86; p = 0.007), being self-employed (OR, 0.22; 95% CI = 0.10–0.46; p < 0.000), and being unemployed (OR, 0.48; 95% CI = 0.26–0.90; p = 0.022). No significant relationship was observed between time preference and screening participation. Conclusions The results indicate that women who recognize the actual risk of developing breast cancer or have high awareness of breast cancer prevention tend to participate in breast cancer screening. Barriers to screening participation are not working for an organization that encourages screening and low income.
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- Miho Satoh
- Department of Fundamental Nursing, Yokohama City University, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0004, Japan.
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- Department of Clinical Nursing, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan
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Lonner B, Jain A, Sponseller P, Eaker L, Samdani A, Kelly M, Castillo A, Marrache M, Ames CP, Shah SA. What are parents willing to accept? A prospective study of risk tolerance in AIS surgery. Spine Deform 2021; 9:381-386. [PMID: 33048337 DOI: 10.1007/s43390-020-00216-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Surgical treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) involves healthy individuals with spinal deformity. Parents are responsible for surgical consent on behalf of their children, a burden which causes trepidation and concern. Therefore, explanation of operative risk is a critical component of informed consent and parent decision-making. We set out to quantify parental risk aversion (RA). METHODS RA questionnaires were administered preoperatively to parents of 58 AIS patients undergoing spinal fusion (SF). RA is the likelihood of a parent to consent to their child's SF (1- least likely, 10- most) with increasing allotments of data about potential complications at each stage (S1-complication named, S2-explained, S3-incidence given, S4-all information). A statistically significant mean difference in answers for each stage was assessed using paired sample t test or Wilcoxon rank t test. Normality was assessed by performing Shapiro-Wilk test. RESULTS AIS patients (age 14.2 years, 85% female, major curve 61°) were included. Mean scores for each of the stages were 4.4 ± 3.1, 4.9 ± 3.1, 6.5 ± 3.0, 6.6 ± 3.0, respectively. Highest and lowest RA were reported for death and infection, respectively. The greatest increase in likelihood to proceed with surgery was seen after education on malposition of implants and on death, 2.6 and 2.5, respectively (p < 0.001). The lowest increase in likelihood to proceed with surgery was seen after education on infection, 1.5 (p < 0.001). For all complications, there was an increase in parent willingness to proceed after providing descriptions and occurrence rate with a mean increase from S1 to S4 of 2.1 (95% CI 1.4-2.4), p < 0.001. CONCLUSION As more detailed information was made available regarding potential complications with SF for AIS, parental RA toward surgery decreased and their willingness to proceed with surgery for their child improved.
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- Baron Lonner
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, USA
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- Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA
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Anderson JT, Gibson S, Luchtenberg KF, Seiler MJ. How Much Are Borrowers Willing to Pay to Remove Uncertainty Surrounding Mortgage Defaults? J Real Estate Financ Econ (Dordr) 2021; 64:500-522. [PMID: 38624780 PMCID: PMC7857103 DOI: 10.1007/s11146-020-09810-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Using a large, non-student sample, we assess and differentiate between borrowers' Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion levels and their willingness to pay to resolve a mortgage default settlement negotiation. Ambiguity Aversion is found to be negatively associated with willingness to pay for borrowers with high financial literacy in both the gain and loss domains, whereas personality traits matter more for borrowers with low financial literacy. This finding is important to policymakers in that they should adopt differential resolution strategies for defaulting borrowers based on these intervening variables.
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- College of William and Mary, Raymond A. Mason College of Business, Williamsburg, VA 23187 USA
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Beetsma R, Giuliodori M, Hanson J, de Jong F. The maturity of sovereign debt issuance in the euro area. J Int Money Finance 2021; 110:102293. [PMID: 33012939 PMCID: PMC7521257 DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2020.102293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We use information on new sovereign debt issues in the euro area to explore the drivers behind the debt maturity decisions of governments. We set up a theoretical model for the maturity structure that trades off the preference for liquidity services provided by short-term debt, roll-over risk and price risk. The average debt maturity is negatively related to both the level and the slope of the yield curve. A panel VAR analysis shows that positive shocks to risk aversion, the probability of non-repayment and the demand for the liquidity services of short-term debt all have a positive effect on the yield curve level and slope, and a negative effect on the average maturity of new debt issues. These results are partially in line with our theoretical framework. A forecast error variance decomposition suggests that changes in the probability of non-repayment as captured by the expected default frequency extracted from credit default spreads are the most important source of shocks.
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- Roel Beetsma
- University of Amsterdam, European Fiscal Board, CEPR, CESifo, Netspar, Tinbergen Institute, the Netherlands
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- International Monetary Fund and Department of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 15867, 1001 NJ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Finance, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, the Netherlands
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Lee K. Labor market frictions, capital, taxes and employment. Int Tax Public Financ 2021; 28:1329-1359. [PMID: 33424128 PMCID: PMC7779338 DOI: 10.1007/s10797-020-09649-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This paper studies the role of the tax on mobile capital in labor markets with matching frictions and the effects of such frictions on inefficiency of capital taxation. Firms acquire capital and create vacancies, and workers apply for firms. Due to matching frictions, vacancies may not be filled, and workers may not be employed. Firms' investment in capital, wages and market tightness are determined in a way that a firm's profit and a worker's utility are jointly maximized. In addition, the return to capital net of the tax is equalized across jurisdictions, as capital moves between jurisdictions. An increase in the capital tax of a jurisdiction alters firms' capital investment, wages and market tightness of the jurisdiction. In particular, it decreases employment and wages of the jurisdiction, providing an explanation for why policymakers of a jurisdiction provide incentives such as tax cuts for mobile capital. More capital increases the wages only when workers are employed and hence have higher incomes, decreasing the benefit of more capital for risk-averse workers and reducing the incentives of a jurisdiction to lower the tax and attract capital. The equilibrium capital tax thus may be too low or too high relative to the efficient level, and capital is taxed even with the head tax.
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- Kangoh Lee
- Department of Economics, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4485 USA
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Rare events (RE) and long-run risks (LRR) are complementary approaches for characterizing macroeconomic variables and understanding asset pricing. We estimate a model with RE and LRR using long-term consumption data for 42 economies, identify these two types of risks simultaneously from the data, and reveal their distinctions. RE typically associates with major historical episodes, such as world wars and depressions and analogous country-specific events. LRR reflects gradual processes that influence long-run growth rates and volatility. A match between the model and observed average rates of return on equity and short-term bonds requires a coefficient of relative risk aversion, γ, around 6. Most of the explanation for the equity premium derives from RE, although LRR makes a moderate contribution. However, LRR helps in fitting the Sharpe ratio. Generating good matches to the equity premium and Sharpe ratio simultaneously is still challenging.
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Fassas AP. Risk aversion connectedness in developed and emerging equity markets before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Heliyon 2020; 6:e05715. [PMID: 33354633 PMCID: PMC7744712 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study investigates the dynamic connectedness across the variance risk premium in international developed and emerging equity markets based on a Bayesian time-varying parameter vector autoregressive methodology. The empirical results indicate that the total spillover index is on average 65.6%, indicating a high, albeit declining, level of interconnectedness across the investor sentiment in the three markets under review until early 2020. Following the COVID-19 outbreak though, the total investors' risk aversion connectedness - as expected - strengthens, but more importantly, its dynamics alter, indicating that the risk aversion of emerging markets is an important contributor to the connectedness of international markets.
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- Athanasios P. Fassas
- Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Thessaly, Geopolis Campus, 41500, Larissa, Greece
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Conzo P, Zotti R. Blessed are the first: The long-term effect of birth order on trust. Econ Hum Biol 2020; 39:100905. [PMID: 32673987 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2020.100905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Acknowledging childhood as a crucial period for the formation of social preferences, we investigate whether the order of birth predicts trust in adult life. We find that laterborns trust on average 5% less than their older siblings, independently from personality traits, family ties, risk aversion and parental inputs. Family random- and fixed-effects estimates suggest that the variation in trust is mostly explained by within- rather than between-family characteristics. The effect of birth order is mediated by education outcomes only for women, while it is moderated by mother's education for the entire sample, thereby leading to relevant policy implications.
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Sheveland AC, Luchman JN, Mendelson J, Xie J, Bleiberg MA, Eby DW, Molnar LJ, Walton BR. Psychological Constructs Related to Seat Belt Use: A Nationally Representative Survey Study. Accid Anal Prev 2020; 148:105715. [PMID: 33038864 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2020.105715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Revised: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Seat belt use can significantly reduce fatalities in motor vehicle crashes (Kahane, 2000). Nevertheless, the current U.S. seat belt use rate of 89.6% (Enriquez & Pickrell, 2019) indicates that a relatively small but pervasive portion of the population does not wear seat belts on a full-time basis. Whereas much is known about the demographic predictors of seat belt use, far less is understood about psychological factors that predict individual proclivities toward using or not using a seat belt. In this study, we examined some of these potential psychological predictors. A probability-based web survey was conducted with 6,038 U.S. residents aged 16 or older who reported having driven or ridden in a car in the past year. We measured self-reported seat belt use and 18 psychological constructs and found that delay of gratification, life satisfaction, risk aversion, risk perception, and resistance to peer influence were positively associated with belt use. Impulsivity and social resistance orientation were negatively associated with belt use. Prior research has shown that psychological factors like delay of gratification, risk aversion/perception, and impulsivity predict other health behaviors (e.g., cigarette smoking, sunscreen use); our results extend this literature to seat belts and can aid the development of traffic safety programs targeted at non-users who-due to such factors-may be resistant to more traditional countermeasures such as legislation and enforcement.
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- University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Ahmad M, Iram K, Jabeen G. Perception-based influence factors of intention to adopt COVID-19 epidemic prevention in China. Environ Res 2020; 190:109995. [PMID: 32739626 PMCID: PMC7384406 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND The researches investigating the influence factors of epidemic prevention are not only scarce, but also provide a gap in the domain of perception-based influence factors of intention to adopt COVID-19 epidemic prevention. OBJECTIVE This work has attempted to examine the perception-based influence factors of individuals' intention to adopt COVID-19 epidemic prevention in a modified behavioral framework. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK A behavioral framework composed of the theory of reasoned action and the theory of planned behavior is developed to incorporate some additional perception-based influence factors. METHODS A partial least square-based path analysis has been employed to estimate the path coefficients of those factors in terms of drivers, barriers, and neutral factors based on questionnaire data of 302 respondents from six universities and two hospitals in China. RESULTS Among the perception-based influence factors, governments' guidelines on epidemic prevention is found to be the most important and influential factor, which was followed by risk perception. Finally, attitude towards epidemic prevention exhibited the least degree of impact on individuals' intention to adopt epidemic prevention. Moral norms did not show any contribution to individuals' intention to adopt epidemic prevention. CONCLUSION Concerning importance ranking, the governments' guidelines on epidemic prevention, risk perception, and epidemic knowledge are revealed as the top three drivers of individuals' intention to adopt epidemic prevention, while the perceived feasibility to adopt epidemic prevention is found to be a barrier. Moreover, moral norms is identified to have an insignificant influence on individuals' intention to adopt epidemic prevention. Given the empirical results, dissemination of Governments' guidelines on epidemic prevention, proper risk perception, and knowledge about epidemic would help prevent the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak within China and worldwide.
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- Munir Ahmad
- School of Economics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- The Aga Khan University, National Stadium Rd, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Karachi City, 74000, Sindh, Pakistan
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- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China.
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Galvani V. Does style investing uniformly affect correlations in small and large markets? Heliyon 2020; 6:e04881. [PMID: 33005779 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 04/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Empirical and theoretical research concurs to show that style investing increases return correlations within assets that are classified into the same style. The theoretical model presented in this study addresses the question of how the correlation increases due to style investing depend on market size, and how they respond to economic downturns and to the incidence and awareness of style investing. The results show that correlation distortions caused by style investing are more robust for smaller markets. Further, the effect of style investing on correlations strengthens risk aversion, and hence during downturns. Market awareness, and incidence, of style investing also increase correlation distortions. The model yields closed-form analytical expressions for the correlation distortions caused by style investing, as well as for the effects of changes in risk aversion and in the incidence and awareness of style investing. Given the surge ETF-based style investing over the last two decades, the results have implications for portfolio risk diversification. This study predicts that the ability of risk mitigation through portfolio diversification diminishes particularly for small-market domestic investors as a result of the growing relevance of country-based ETF-based.
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Zhang K, Hou Y, Li G. Threat of infectious disease during an outbreak: Influence on tourists' emotional responses to disadvantaged price inequality. Ann Tour Res 2020; 84:102993. [PMID: 32834227 PMCID: PMC7365089 DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2020.102993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has negatively influenced the global tourism industry. Despite the documented negative impacts of diseases on tourism demand and people's perceived health risk, researchers have seldom examined the psychological responses of tourists travelling during an infectious disease outbreak. We therefore conducted three studies to examine this key aspect, and our findings indicate that tourists have a strong negative emotional reaction towards disadvantaged tourism-related prices in response to a high (vs low) infectious disease threat. Furthermore, risk aversion acts as an underlying mechanism driving this effect: tourists are more risk aversive under the threat of an infectious disease, which consequently magnifies their negative emotional reaction. At last, theoretical and practical implications of these findings for tourism are discussed.
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- Ke Zhang
- SILC Business School, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK
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BACKGROUND The public-private mix of healthcare remains controversial. This paper examines physicians' preferences for public sector work in the context of dual practice, whilst accounting for other differences in the characteristics of jobs. METHODS A discrete choice experiment is conducted with data from 3422 non-GP specialists from the Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL) panel survey of physicians. RESULTS Physicians prefer to work in the public sector, though the value of working in the public sector is very small at 0.14% of their annual earnings to work an additional hour per week. These preferences are heterogeneous. Contrary to other studies that show risk averse individuals prefer public sector work, for physicians, we find that those averse to taking career or clinical risks prefer to work in the private sector. Those with relatively low earnings prefer public sector work and those with high earnings prefer private sector work, though these effects are small. CONCLUSIONS Other job characteristics are more important than the sector of work, suggesting that these should be the focus of policy to influence specialist's allocation of time between sectors.
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- Anthony Scott
- Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne, Level 5 FBE Building, 111 Barry Street, Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia
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- FAFO Institute for Labour and Social Research, Borggata 2B, 0608 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Economics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V5 Canada
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Nakamura H, Wakutsu N. Reducing Reimbursement Drug Price Risk to Enhance R&D Incentives without Raising Drug Prices/Expenditures: Implications of Simulations Based on Questionnaire Survey of Pharmaceutical Companies in Japan. Health Policy 2020; 124:714-720. [PMID: 32475740 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Due to severe financial conditions and unmet medical needs, the Japanese government must prioritize both R&D incentives and drug prices/expenditures. However, increasing reimbursement drug prices to strengthen R&D incentives also increases the financial burden on patients and the National Health Insurance, wherein virtually all prescription drugs are reimbursed, with prices determined and controlled by the government. Hence, it is important to find ways to achieve higher R&D incentives without raising drug prices/expenditures. To seek such policies, we focus on the reimbursement drug price risk of pharmaceutical firms. An original questionnaire survey is used to collect data on the price-risk attitudes of R&D-oriented pharmaceutical firms in Japan. With this data, we conduct numerical simulations to quantify the effect of reducing the reimbursement drug price risk on firms' R&D incentives. Then, we check the robustness of our results. We find that many R&D-oriented pharmaceutical firms in Japan are risk averse. Thus, to enhance R&D incentives, reducing price risk is effective. The simulated impact of removing a ±10% price risk is equivalent to winning a 5% premium, which is substantial. These results are robust to changes in utility form, price/sales patterns and market size, while increased price risk enhances the simulated impact.
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- Hiroshi Nakamura
- Keio University, 4-1-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8526, Japan.
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- Nagoya City University, 1 Yamanohata, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 467-8501, Japan.
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Hacohen S, Shoval S, Shvalb N. The paradox of pedestrian's risk aversion. Accid Anal Prev 2020; 142:105518. [PMID: 32416278 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2020.105518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Traffic accidents are becoming a significant cause for unnatural deaths around the world, with more than 1.25 million fatalities in road accidents each year, and over 20 million people severely injured. A large portion of accidents that result in fatalities involve interaction between vehicles and pedestrians. In the literature, researchers speculate on a wide range of reasons for these figures. This paper focuses on the relationship between pedestrians' urgency to cross a busy road and the resulting level of risk for an accident. The probability for an accident is determined by a prediction model for a collision between drivers and pedestrians at congested conflict spots. The model is based on a motion planner called the Probabilistic Navigation Function (PNF), initially designed for robot navigation in dynamic cluttered and uncertain environments. The model predicts pedestrians' trajectories when crossing a busy road in a sub-meter accuracy, based on the risk they are willing to take (a reflection of the level of urgency to cross the road). The paper describes an unexpected and surprising pedestrian behavior in simple road crossings scenarios. When the model is given a loose risk boundary (that reflects a high level of pedestrian urgency to cross), the resulting trajectory exposes the pedestrian to a lower risk compared with a trajectory constructed with a strict risk boundary (that reflects a more conservative pedestrian). This is equivalent to claiming that, paradoxically, pedestrians in some scenarios who are willing to take higher levels of risk, face a decreased probability for an accident while crossing a congested road. The paper introduces the PNF model for crossing pedestrians, analyses their performance in a set of simulations, and explains its rationale. Next, an analytic estimation for the risk level as a function of the crossing angle of the selected trajectory is provided. A series of experiments conclude the paper and support the claim that this phenomenon is frequent among crossing pedestrians. The experimental results suggest that in some common scenarios, more cautious pedestrians may lower the initial risk for an accident at the expense of a total higher risk for an accident during the entire road crossing process, compared with a pedestrian who takes an initial higher level of risk that results in, overall, a decreased probability for an accident. A statistical analysis implies that there are significant differences in this occurrence between adults and children.
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- Shlomi Hacohen
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
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- Department of Industrial Engineering & Management, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
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- Department of Industrial Engineering & Management, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
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Xu P, Van Dam NT, van Tol MJ, Shen X, Cui Z, Gu R, Qin S, Aleman A, Fan J, Luo YJ. Amygdala-prefrontal connectivity modulates loss aversion bias in anxious individuals. Neuroimage 2020; 218:116957. [PMID: 32442639 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Revised: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Anxious individuals tend to make pessimistic judgments in decision making under uncertainty. While this phenomenon is commonly attributed to risk aversion, loss aversion is a critical but often overlooked factor. In this study, we simultaneously examined risk aversion and loss aversion during decision making in high and low trait anxious individuals in a variable gain/loss gambling task during functional magnetic resonance imaging. Although high relative to low anxious individuals showed significant increased risk aversive behavior reflected by decreased overall gamble decisions, there was no group difference in subjective aversion to risk. Instead, loss aversion rather than risk aversion dominantly contributed to predict behavioral decisions, which was associated with attenuated functional connectivity between the amygdala-based emotional system and the prefrontal control regions. Our findings suggest a dominant role of loss aversion in maladaptive risk assessment of anxious individuals, underpinned by disorganization of emotion-related and cognitive-control-related brain networks.
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- Pengfei Xu
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Affective and Social Neuroscience, Center for Brain Disorders and Cognitive Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; Center for Emotion and Brain, Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience, Shenzhen, 518057, China; Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 AW, Groningen, the Netherlands; Great Bay Neuroscience and Technology Research Institute (Hong Kong), Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 AW, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Affective and Social Neuroscience, Center for Brain Disorders and Cognitive Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 AW, Groningen, the Netherlands; Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, The City University of New York, Flushing, NY, 11367, USA.
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Affective and Social Neuroscience, Center for Brain Disorders and Cognitive Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China; Center for Emotion and Brain, Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience, Shenzhen, 518057, China.
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Kaneva M, Gerry CJ, Avxentiev N, Baidin V. Attitudes to reform: Could a cooperative health insurance scheme work in Russia? Int J Health Econ Manag 2019; 19:371-394. [PMID: 30671697 DOI: 10.1007/s10754-019-09260-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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As for all health systems, in Russia, the demand for medical care is greater than its health system is able to guarantee the supply of. In this context, removing services from the state guaranteed package is an option that is receiving serious consideration. In this paper, we examine the attitudes of the Russian population to such a reform. Exploiting a widely-used methodology, we explore the population's willingness to pay for cooperative health insurance. Distinguishing between socioeconomic and demographic factors, health-related indicators and risk aversion we find, consistent with other literature, positive income and risk aversion effects. We interpret the former as evidence that the Russian population is not opposed to the idea of progressive redistribution, to pool the costs of health-related risks; and the latter as evidence that risk-averse individuals demand more insurance coverage. In exploring these results further, we show that cognitive bias is important: overestimating the benefits leads to the purchase of additional insurance, while underestimating lowers demand for insurance. Our overall conclusion is that the introduction of a supplementary cooperative health insurance scheme in Russia could increase the accessibility of healthcare, lower the tendency for informal payments, incentivize the personal maintenance of good health and create a new source of funding for public healthcare.
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- Maria Kaneva
- International Laboratory for Healthcare Economics and Its Reforms, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, Gazetny Pereulok 3-5, Building 1, Office 471, Moscow, Russia, 125993.
- Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 17 Ac. Lavrentieva Prospekt, office 373, Novosibirsk, Russia, 630090.
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- Oxford School of Global and Area Studies (OSGA), University of Oxford, 12 Bevington Road, Oxford, OX2 6LH, UK
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- Institute for Social Analysis and Forecasting of The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (ISAF RANEPA), Prechistenskaya Naberezhnaya 11, Moscow, Russia, 119034
- Center for Perspective Financial Planning, Macroeconomic Analysis and Financial Statistics, Financial Research Institute of Ministry of Finance, Nastasyinsky Pereulok 3, Building 2, Office 110, Moscow, Russia, 127006
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- Center for Fiscal Policy, Financial Research Institute of Ministry of Finance, Nastasyinsky Pereulok 3, Building 2, Office 101, Moscow, Russia, 127006
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Wilson RS, Yu L, Schneider JA, Bennett DA, Boyle PA. Risk Aversion and Alzheimer Disease in Old Age. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2019; 27:851-861. [PMID: 30982702 PMCID: PMC9768688 DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2019.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Revised: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 02/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that late-life risk aversion is partly a prodromal sign of dementia. METHODS The authors' design was a longitudinal clinical-pathologic cohort study. The setting included participants' residences in the Chicago area, and a total of 874 older persons without dementia were enrolled. At baseline, risk aversion was assessed with questions involving choices between certain smaller rewards and uncertain larger rewards. At annual intervals thereafter, participants underwent evaluations that included cognitive testing and diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. At death, a neuropathologic examination was done to quantify common pathologies linked to dementia. RESULTS Risk aversion at study onset ranged from 0.05-0.91 (mean: 0.32, standard deviation: 0.31). During a mean of 4.6 years of follow-up, 123 (of 874) developed dementia. Higher risk aversion was associated with higher dementia incidence (hazard ratio [HR]: 2.08; 95% confidence interval: 1.18, 3.65) and more rapid decline in episodic (estimate: -0.062; standard error [SE]: 0.019; t [3677]: -3.33; p < 0.001) and semantic (estimate: -0.039; SE: 0.015; t [3655]: -2.61; p = 0.009) memory but not in other cognitive systems. Of 702 people without cognitive impairment at baseline, 223 developed incident MCI. Higher risk aversion was associated with higher incidence of MCI (HR: 2.10; 95% confidence interval: 1.34, 3.29) and more rapid episodic memory decline. In 181 neuropathologically examined individuals, higher risk aversion was associated with higher levels of plaques, tangles, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy. CONCLUSION The results support the hypothesis that high risk aversion in old age is partly an early sign of the pathology of Alzheimer disease.
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- Robert S Wilson
- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center and Departments of Neurological Sciences, (RSW, LY, JAS, DAB); Behavioral Sciences (RSW, PAB).
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center and Departments of Neurological Sciences, (RSW, LY, JAS, DAB)
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center and Departments of Neurological Sciences, (RSW, LY, JAS, DAB); Pathology (JAS), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center and Departments of Neurological Sciences, (RSW, LY, JAS, DAB)
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Doyen B, Vlerick P, Maertens H, Vermassen F, Van Herzeele I. Non-technical attributes and surgical experience: A cross-sectional study comparing communication styles and attitudes in surgical staff, trainees and applicants. Int J Surg 2019; 63:83-9. [PMID: 30769216 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Revised: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND This monocentric study aimed to explore whether key non-technical attributes can be reliably measured in a mixed population of candidates applying for surgical training, surgical trainees and staff and to identify any differences between these groups. MATERIALS & METHODS Candidates applying for surgical training, surgical trainees and staff from four surgical specialties (general surgery, orthopedics, plastic surgery or urology) at a tertiary academic teaching hospital were all sent an online self-report questionnaire. The Communication Styles Inventory (CSI, 96 items) was used to assess a six-dimensional behavioral model of participant communication styles (expressiveness, preciseness, verbal aggressiveness, questioningness, emotionality and impression manipulativeness). Attitudes toward uncertainty and risks were assessed with the Physicians' Reaction toward Uncertainty (PRU, 15 items) and Physician Risk Attitudes (PRA, 6 items) scales respectively. Data was encoded and analyzed using parametric testing. RESULTS The questionnaire was completed by 177 participants (110 candidates; 42 trainees; 25 staff). All scales had very good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha >0.80). After controlling for gender-based differences, surgical candidates scored significantly higher on 'expressiveness' (P = 0.012) and were significantly less risk-averse (P = 0.006) than trainees and staff. Surgical trainees scored lowest on the CSI 'questioningness' subscale (P = 0.019) and had significantly more difficulties dealing with uncertainty, characterized by their highest scores on the 'concern about bad outcome' (P = 0.021) and reluctance to disclose uncertainty to patients' (P = 0.05) subscales. Multiple subscales revealed gender-based differences in candidate and trainee groups, which were not noted for surgical staff. CONCLUSIONS Meaningful differences in non-technical attributes of surgical staff, trainees and candidates have been identified, which may be explained by differences in clinical experience and learning and may suggest that these develop over time. Further research on assessment of non-technical attributes during surgical selections and the role of both technical and non-technical attributes in surgery at large is needed.
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