Uncertainty in economics : readings and exercises / / editors, Peter Diamond, Michael Rothschild |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; London : , : Academic Press, Inc. : , : Academic Press, Inc. (London) Ltd., , 1978 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (569 pages) |
Disciplina | 330 |
Collana | Economic Theory and Mathematical Economics |
Soggetto topico |
Risk
Uncertainty |
ISBN | 1-4832-6450-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Uncertainty in Economics: Readings and Exercises; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Part I: INDIVIDUAL CHOICE IN A STATIC SETTING; Chapter 1. Risk taking by individual option-Case study: Cigarette smoking; PHARMACOLOGICAL BENEFITS; PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases; Representativeness; Availability; Adjustment and Anchoring; Discussion; Summary; References and Notes; Chapter 3. Axiomatic theories of choice, cardinal utility and subjective probability: A review; I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
II. THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; III. AXIOMS OF A NORMATIVE THEORY; IV. OBJECTIONS TO THE NORMATIVE APPEAL OF THE AXIOMS; V. MERITS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE THEORY; VI. LINK WITH ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Risk aversion in the small and in the large; 1. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION; 2. THE RISK PREMIUM; 3. LOCAL RISK AVERSION; 4. CONCAVITY; 5. COMPARATIVE RISK AVERSION; 6. CONSTANT RISK AVERSION; 7. INCREASING AND DECREASING RISK AVERSION; 8. OPERATIONS WHICH PRESERVE DECREASING RISK AVERSION; 9. EXAMPLES; 11. CONSTANT PROPORTIONAL RISK AVERSION 12. INCREASING AND DECREASING PROPORTIONAL RISK AVERSION; 13. RELATED WORK OF ARROW; Exercise on demand for insurance; Chapter 5. Some remarks on measures of risk aversion and their uses; I; II; Ill; IV; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Increasing risk: I. A definition; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE INTEGRAL CONDITIONS; III. PARTIAL ORDERINGS OF DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; IV. MEAN-VARIANCE ANALYSIS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Comment; Chapter 7. Notes and exercises on increasing risk; References; Chapter 8. Savings and uncertainty: The precautionary demand for saving; I. INTRODUCTION II. A Two PERIOD MODEL OF CONSUMPTION; III. THE EFFECT OF UNCERTAINTY ON SAVING; IV. DECREASING RISK AVERSION AND PRECAUTIONARY SAVING; V. SPECULATIONS ON THE CONSUMPTION FUNCTION; VI. CONCLUSION; Exercise on savings under uncertainty1; Chapter 9. Two omitted topics: Mean-variance analysis and the expected value of information; References; Chapter 10. The effect of uncertainty on resource allocation in a General Equilibrium Model; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SOME PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM RESULTS; III. MODEL ONE: RANDOM LABOR SUPPLY; APPENDIX; Part II: GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM IN A STATIC SETTING Chapter 11. ""Theory of Value,"" Chapter 77.1. INTRODUCTION; 7.2. EVENTS; 7.3. COMMODITIES AND PRICES; 7.4. PRODUCERS; 7.5. CONSUMERS; 7.6. EQUILIBRIUM; 7.7. OPTIMUM; References; Exercise on equilibrium prices and consumption; Comment; Chapter 12. Competitive equilibrium under uncertainty; I. INTRODUCTION; 2. STATES AND ACTS; 3. FIXED INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTS; STRATEGIES; 4. CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS; 5. EQUILIBRIUM; 6. OPTIMUM; 7. AN EXAMPLE; 8. INFORMATIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON TRADE; 9. CHOICE OF INFORMATION; 10. NETWORK INFORMATION; 11. MARKET INFORMATION AND DEFERRED MARKETS; 12. COMPUTATION |
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New York ; ; London : , : Academic Press, Inc. : , : Academic Press, Inc. (London) Ltd., , 1978 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uncertainty in economics : readings and exercises / / editors, Peter Diamond, Michael Rothschild |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; London : , : Academic Press, Inc. : , : Academic Press, Inc. (London) Ltd., , 1978 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (569 pages) |
Disciplina | 330 |
Collana | Economic Theory and Mathematical Economics |
Soggetto topico |
Risk
Uncertainty |
ISBN | 1-4832-6450-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Uncertainty in Economics: Readings and Exercises; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Part I: INDIVIDUAL CHOICE IN A STATIC SETTING; Chapter 1. Risk taking by individual option-Case study: Cigarette smoking; PHARMACOLOGICAL BENEFITS; PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases; Representativeness; Availability; Adjustment and Anchoring; Discussion; Summary; References and Notes; Chapter 3. Axiomatic theories of choice, cardinal utility and subjective probability: A review; I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
II. THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; III. AXIOMS OF A NORMATIVE THEORY; IV. OBJECTIONS TO THE NORMATIVE APPEAL OF THE AXIOMS; V. MERITS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE THEORY; VI. LINK WITH ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Risk aversion in the small and in the large; 1. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION; 2. THE RISK PREMIUM; 3. LOCAL RISK AVERSION; 4. CONCAVITY; 5. COMPARATIVE RISK AVERSION; 6. CONSTANT RISK AVERSION; 7. INCREASING AND DECREASING RISK AVERSION; 8. OPERATIONS WHICH PRESERVE DECREASING RISK AVERSION; 9. EXAMPLES; 11. CONSTANT PROPORTIONAL RISK AVERSION 12. INCREASING AND DECREASING PROPORTIONAL RISK AVERSION; 13. RELATED WORK OF ARROW; Exercise on demand for insurance; Chapter 5. Some remarks on measures of risk aversion and their uses; I; II; Ill; IV; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Increasing risk: I. A definition; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE INTEGRAL CONDITIONS; III. PARTIAL ORDERINGS OF DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; IV. MEAN-VARIANCE ANALYSIS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Comment; Chapter 7. Notes and exercises on increasing risk; References; Chapter 8. Savings and uncertainty: The precautionary demand for saving; I. INTRODUCTION II. A Two PERIOD MODEL OF CONSUMPTION; III. THE EFFECT OF UNCERTAINTY ON SAVING; IV. DECREASING RISK AVERSION AND PRECAUTIONARY SAVING; V. SPECULATIONS ON THE CONSUMPTION FUNCTION; VI. CONCLUSION; Exercise on savings under uncertainty1; Chapter 9. Two omitted topics: Mean-variance analysis and the expected value of information; References; Chapter 10. The effect of uncertainty on resource allocation in a General Equilibrium Model; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SOME PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM RESULTS; III. MODEL ONE: RANDOM LABOR SUPPLY; APPENDIX; Part II: GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM IN A STATIC SETTING Chapter 11. ""Theory of Value,"" Chapter 77.1. INTRODUCTION; 7.2. EVENTS; 7.3. COMMODITIES AND PRICES; 7.4. PRODUCERS; 7.5. CONSUMERS; 7.6. EQUILIBRIUM; 7.7. OPTIMUM; References; Exercise on equilibrium prices and consumption; Comment; Chapter 12. Competitive equilibrium under uncertainty; I. INTRODUCTION; 2. STATES AND ACTS; 3. FIXED INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTS; STRATEGIES; 4. CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS; 5. EQUILIBRIUM; 6. OPTIMUM; 7. AN EXAMPLE; 8. INFORMATIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON TRADE; 9. CHOICE OF INFORMATION; 10. NETWORK INFORMATION; 11. MARKET INFORMATION AND DEFERRED MARKETS; 12. COMPUTATION |
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Unitary symmetry and elementary particles / D. Lichtenberg |
Autore | Lichtenberg, D. |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : Academic Press, Inc., 1978 |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Soggetto topico | Eightfold way (Nuclear physics) |
ISBN | 0124484603 |
Classificazione |
53.1.4
53.3.4 53.3.134 539.7'21 QC793.3.S6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001319269707536 |
Lichtenberg, D. | ||
New York : Academic Press, Inc., 1978 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Unitary symmetry and elementary particles / D. Lichtenberg |
Autore | Lichtenberg, D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : Academic Press, Inc., 1970 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Soggetto topico | Eightfold way (Nuclear physics) |
Classificazione |
53.1.4
53.3.4 53.3.134 539.7'21 QC721 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001319199707536 |
Lichtenberg, D. | ||
New York : Academic Press, Inc., 1970 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Very high resolution spectroscopy / Ralph J. Smith |
Autore | Smith, Ralph J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : Academic Press, Inc., 1976 |
Descrizione fisica | xvi, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Soggetto topico | High resolution spectroscopy |
Classificazione |
53(082.2)
53.0.64 53.2.4 53.2.63 535'.84 QC454.H618 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001323579707536 |
Smith, Ralph J. | ||
New York : Academic Press, Inc., 1976 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Weak interactions and high-energy neutrino physics = Interazioni deboli e fisica del neutrino di alta energia : proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Course XXXII (Varenna on Lake Como, Villa Monastero, 15th-27th June 1964) / edited by T.D. Lee ; Italian Physical Society |
Autore | Course of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" on weak interactions and high-energy neutrino physics |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : Academic Press, Inc., 1966 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 334 p. ; 24 cm. |
Altri autori (Persone) | Lee, T.D. |
Altri autori (Enti) |
International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi"
SIF |
Collana |
Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" ; 32
Rendiconti della Scuola Internazionale di Fisica "Enrico Fermi" ; 32 |
Soggetto topico | High energy physics - Congresses |
Classificazione |
53(082.2)
53.3.1 53.3.2 539.754 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001328969707536 |
Course of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" on weak interactions and high-energy neutrino physics | ||
New York : Academic Press, Inc., 1966 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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X-ray lasers / Raymond C. Elton |
Autore | Elton, Raymond C. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : Academic Press, Inc., c1990 |
Descrizione fisica | xiv, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Soggetto topico | X-ray lasers |
ISBN | 0122380800 |
Classificazione |
53.2.63
621.3'6 TA1707 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001331809707536 |
Elton, Raymond C. | ||
Boston : Academic Press, Inc., c1990 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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