Essays about: "lottery"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the word lottery.

  1. 1. Evaluating probability weighting among lottery bond investors: an observational study on Cumulative Prospect Theory

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Anton Eriksson Nyberg; Olof de Blanche; [2024]
    Keywords : Cumulative Prospect Theory; CPT; observational study; field study; lottery bonds;

    Abstract : Cumulative Prospect Theory is a leading descriptive theory of decisions under uncertainty, backed up by a plethora of experimental evidence. This paper is one of the first to apply it to observational data. Risk attitudes in the bond market have not been studied in a CPT framework. We fill this research gap. READ MORE

  3. 2. Getting Wealthier and Healthier? Evidence From the Spanish Christmas Lottery

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Marcus Rundström; [2023]
    Keywords : Health; Birth weight; Wealth; Lottery; Difference-in-Difference; Causal; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper uses the Spanish Christmas Lottery to provide new evidence about the relationship between wealth and health for adults and infants. Using a difference-in-difference design across provinces and time, I explore how overall health status, hospitalization rates, neonatal health, and alcohol consumption are affected by lottery outcomes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Seeing Double : Rhythm, Domesticity, and the Uncanny in Shirley Jackson’s "The Renegade"

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Emma Wramsby; [2022]
    Keywords : Shirley Jackson; Jackson; The Renegade; short story; Lottery and Other Stories; postwar; uncanny; rhythm; rhythms; forms; Levine; domesticity; domestic; Friedan; feminine mystique;

    Abstract : By using the concept of forms in this analysis of “The Renegade,” postwar domestic life is analyzed for the uncanny. By locating repetitions in domestic life, between characters, and in speech, situations are identified where the uncanny moves into the domestic. As a result, the perception of reality of the protagonist, Mrs. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Perceived State of Research Funding in Europe and Potential Improvements to Increase Innovation & Productivity

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Max Filip Fors; [2021]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Research; Funding; Improvement; Interviews;

    Abstract : Currently most public research is funded by project-based grant schemes and applying for these is an essential part of most researchers’ jobs. Researchers are therefore in a rather unique situation that many other professions do not experience, needing to seek out funding by themselves. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Performance of Stocks Earning Extreme Single-Day Returns: Evidence from Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Dominik Schleuss; Tavish Gantz; [2021]
    Keywords : MAX Effect; Extreme returns; Cross-section of returns; Lottery-like payoffs; Behavioral Finance;

    Abstract : In 2011, Bali et al. presented evidence that stocks with extreme one and multi day-returns significantly underperform stocks with less extreme returns in the following month. They attributed this to investors exhibiting a preference for stocks with lottery-like payoffs. READ MORE