In the first chapter of the dissertation I conduct a laboratory experiment in order to study the effect of incidental sadness and happiness on risky decision making. The analysis reveals that both sadness and happiness are conducive to greater risk aversion with respect to neutral conditions, a result which is consistent with the theory of ego depletion but might be moderated by the risk elicitation task. The second chapter is a meta-analysis of experimental studies on the same topic, so as to explain traditional heterogeneity of outcomes in the field. Among the findings, emotions induce higher risk aversion when a multiple price list à la Holt and Laury (2002) is used in place of stated preferences methods, as well as in case the...
Causal discovery is of utmost importance for agents who must plan, reason anddecide based on observa...
2014 - 2015Over the last two decades there has been a proliferation of literature on program evaluat...
Imaging Genetics (IG) aims to test how genetic information influences brain structure and function, ...
Ausgangspunkt dieser Dissertation ist, dass mit stabilen Präferenzen unvereinbares Verhalten für die...
In this work we aim to propose a new approach for preliminary epidemiological studies on Standardiz...
Machine learning can be de ned as the application of arti cial intelligence that provides systems w...
This dissertation consists of five independent essays: Reliability and Responsibility: A Theory of ...
This thesis studies the effect of expropriation risk on private investment. The first chapter uses ...
A partire dai contributi seminali di Goodwin (1947), Hicks (1950) e Day (1982), nei modelli economic...
There is substantial empirical evidence and increasing recognition that not only outcomes, but also ...
The field of empirical industrial organization uses data to analyze the structure of industries in t...
How do humans make simple preferential decisions, like decide what to have for breakfast at a hotel ...
The past decade has seen continuous growth in so-called precision medicine, due especially to great ...
Tesis Doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y...
Our environment is rich with statistical regularities, such as a sudden cold gust of wind indicating...
Causal discovery is of utmost importance for agents who must plan, reason anddecide based on observa...
2014 - 2015Over the last two decades there has been a proliferation of literature on program evaluat...
Imaging Genetics (IG) aims to test how genetic information influences brain structure and function, ...
Ausgangspunkt dieser Dissertation ist, dass mit stabilen Präferenzen unvereinbares Verhalten für die...
In this work we aim to propose a new approach for preliminary epidemiological studies on Standardiz...
Machine learning can be de ned as the application of arti cial intelligence that provides systems w...
This dissertation consists of five independent essays: Reliability and Responsibility: A Theory of ...
This thesis studies the effect of expropriation risk on private investment. The first chapter uses ...
A partire dai contributi seminali di Goodwin (1947), Hicks (1950) e Day (1982), nei modelli economic...
There is substantial empirical evidence and increasing recognition that not only outcomes, but also ...
The field of empirical industrial organization uses data to analyze the structure of industries in t...
How do humans make simple preferential decisions, like decide what to have for breakfast at a hotel ...
The past decade has seen continuous growth in so-called precision medicine, due especially to great ...
Tesis Doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y...
Our environment is rich with statistical regularities, such as a sudden cold gust of wind indicating...
Causal discovery is of utmost importance for agents who must plan, reason anddecide based on observa...
2014 - 2015Over the last two decades there has been a proliferation of literature on program evaluat...
Imaging Genetics (IG) aims to test how genetic information influences brain structure and function, ...