Essays about: "Rational Decision-Making thesis"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 48 essays containing the words Rational Decision-Making thesis.
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16. You Say You Want a Revolution - A Model on the Implications of Prospect Theory on Voting Behaviour
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : In this thesis we create a voting model with a prospect theory foundation, introducing reference-dependent risk preferences, loss aversion, and probability weighting in the individual utility function. Classical voting models represent perfectly rational voters, we argue that voter behaviour can be better modelled by introducing prospect theory preferences, especially recent political trends. READ MORE
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17. Global Talent Flow as 'Musical Chairs' : Driving Forces of Young Talents:An Examination of Italy and Lithuania
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)Abstract : This Master thesis examines the impact of the individual driving forces of young highly educated talents from Italy and Lithuania to apply for a job abroad after the graduation. By investigating the motivations and influences during this decision-making process, we clarify the role of different impulses on the individual’s decision to become part of the phenomenon known as the global talent flow. READ MORE
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18. Further perceptions of probability : The perception-cognition gap and sequence retention models under continuously changing Bernoulli distributions
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : Hyman Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis (Minsky, 1977) proposes that cyclicality in the financial market is caused by a rational process of learning and inference of probabilities. Although a substantial literature is available on the perception of stationary probability distributions, the learning of non-stationary distributions has received less interest. READ MORE
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19. Storleksexpansion av lantbruksföretag genom sidoarrende : beaktade faktorer i beslutsprocessen
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : The numbers of full time farmers that cultivate in excess of 100 hectares increase steadily. At the same time the number of famers is decreasing and the farms grow larger. This result in a redistribution of the arable land and causes the share of land as well as average farm size farmed by full time famers to increase. READ MORE
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20. Does the oversight model lead to power relations in terms of empowerment or responsibilization?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : In public safety oversight authorities are traditionally assumed responsible of safeguarding operation and promoting safety by defining prescriptions and observing that they are complied with. Regulated entities on their side are assumed responsibility for complying. READ MORE
