Search for dissertations about: "risk preference"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 109 swedish dissertations containing the words risk preference.

  2. 21. Sensorimotor behavior in children born preterm and adolescents with Cerebral Palsy : Side preference, movement organization, and training

    Author : Anna-Maria Johansson; Louise Rönnqvist; Erik Domellöf; Janette Atkinson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; prematurity; preterm; children; cerebral palsy; movement organization; movement performance; goal-directed; laterality; handedness; intelligence; cognition; synchronized metronome training; intervention; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : Preterm birth (< 37 complete gestation weeks, GWs) is the single most prominent risk factor for the development of cerebral palsy (CP). This is due to the immature physiological state of the preterm born infant which increases the risk of brain lesions. READ MORE

  4. 22. Willingness to Pay for a Reduction in Road Mortality Risk: Evidence from Sweden

    Author : Henrik Andersson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Willingness to Pay; Value of a Statistical Life; Revealed preferences; Stated preferences; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; ekonomisk teori; ekonometri; ekonomisk politik; ekonomiska system; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; Road-mortality risk;

    Abstract : The thesis consists of an introductory chapter, followed by three chapters in which willingness to pay (WTP) for a reduction in car- and road-mortality risk is estimated using both revealed- and stated-preference methods. In chapter 2 the hedonic regression technique is used to estimate the value of traffic safety, using information from the Swedish market for automobiles. READ MORE

  5. 23. Preference cloud theory : modelling imprecise preferences and a new theory for decision under risk

    Author : Oben Bayrak; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This study presents Preference Cloud Theory, a two-step model of decision making under risk. It also includes an experimental study on valuation gap which provides supporting results for the new theory. READ MORE

  6. 24. Experimental Studies on Risk, Inequality and Relative Standing

    Author : Dinky Daruvala; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four separate experimental studies that concern individuals' preferences and choices on issues of risk, inequality and relative standing. In the first paper, individuals' aversion to risk and inequality, and their concern for relative standing, are measured through experimental choices between hypothetical societies. READ MORE

  7. 25. Getting a Say : Bringing patients’ views on benefit-risk into medical approvals

    Author : Karin Schölin Bywall; Ulrik Kihlbom; Mats G. Hansson; Jorien Veldwijk; Peter Mol; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Educational material; Medical product lifecycle; Patient preferences; Regulatory marketing authorisations; Rheumatoid arthritis;

    Abstract : The focus of this thesis is a new quantitative approach to consider patient preferences on benefits and risks in medical approvals. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore how patient preference information may be relevant to regulatory marketing authorisation decisions. READ MORE