Browsing by Author "Neilson, William S."

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    • Advertising and consumer search in differentiated markets 
      Harriott, Kevin Kenton (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)
      This dissertation, in its most general context, is an investigation into the modeling of markets with imperfectly informed agents. In such markets, there will invariably be incentives for informed agents to take advantage ...
    • Alternative Approaches to Comparative nth-Degree Risk Aversion 
      Liu, Liqun; Neilson, William S. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-07-30)
      Economists have used the risk premium and the probability premium that are revealed through individual choices to compare how risk averse two individuals are. These behavioral, or choice-based, measures of risk aversion ...
    • Comparative Risk Apportionment 
      Liu, Liqun; Paan Jindapon; Neilson, William S. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-01-04)
      A decision maker who would rather apportion an independent risk in a state with a good lottery than in a state with a bad lottery is said to have a preference for risk apportionment (Eeckhoudt & Schlesinger, 2006). In this ...
    • Empirical study on the Korean treasury auction focusing on the revenue comparison in multiple versus single price auction 
      Kang, Boo-Sung (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
      This dissertation pursues to find an answer empirically to the question of the revenue ranking between the multiple price auction and the single price auction. I also attempt to get empirical clues in terms of the efficiency ...
    • Essays on bank auctions and takeovers 
      Zhang, Hao (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)
      In the form of three essays, this dissertation addresses issues related to failed bank auctions and bank takeovers. The first essay empirically tests the theory-suggested hypothesis that there is an under-bidding strategy ...
    • Essays on risk aversion 
      Jindapon, Paan (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)
      This dissertation contains three essays on risk aversion. In the first essay, we an- alyze comparative risk aversion in a new way, through a comparative statics problem in which, for a cost, agents can shift from an initial ...
    • Essays on the provision of public goods 
      Cha, Inkyung (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)
      In Chapter 2, we present a model that allows us to study the effect of increased competition among charities for donations, and show that it will result in a lower provision of public goods. When charities get donations, they ...
    • Information externality, bank structure, and growth 
      Doh, Bo-Eun (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)
      This dissertation addresses the question of whether a monopolistic banking system can lead to a higher steady state level of capital stock. Specifically, this research analyzes the comparative advantage of a monopoly banking ...
    • The Probability Premium Approach to Comparative Risk Aversion 
      Liu, Liqun; Neilson, William S. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-04-23)
      In the framework of expected utility, nth-degree risk aversion/loving is unequivocally characterized by the sign of the nth-order derivative of the utility function, but there exist different notions of one decision maker ...