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Decisions [risk and reward ...
This book addresses a wide range of contemporary issues in decision research, such as how individuals deal with uncertainty and complexity, gender-based differences in decision-making, what determines decision performance and why people choose risky activities
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monografia Rebiun33088882 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun33088882 m o d | cr -n--------- 070725s2008 nyua ob 001 0 eng d 2007028502 1-134-09251-2 0-429-24073-2 1-281-45706-X 9786611457068 0-203-93281-1 UPVA 998333460303706 MiAaPQ MiAaPQ MiAaPQ eng e-uk--- 153.8/3 Decisions electronic resource] risk and reward edited by Johnnie Johnson and Alistair Bruce New York, N.Y. Routledge 2008 New York, N.Y. New York, N.Y. Routledge 1 online resource (393 p.) 1 online resource (393 p.) Text txt computer c online resource cr Routledge studies in business organization and networks 44 Description based upon print version of record Includes bibliographical references and index Motivation for betting and risk taking -- Toward an explanation of betting as a leisure pursuit -- Costing excitement in leisure betting -- Successful betting strategies : evidence from the UK off-course betting market -- The impact of complexity on decision-making behaviour -- The complex decision : insights from naturalistic research -- An empirical study of the impact of complexity on participation in horserace betting -- A probit model for estimating the effect of complexity on risk taking -- Risk strategy under task complexity : a multivariate analysis of behaviour in a naturalistic setting -- Decision making under risk : effect of complexity on performance -- Gender differences in decision-making behaviour -- Gender and DSS design : the research implications -- Male and female betting behaviour--new perspectives -- Gender-based differences in leisure behaviour : performance, risk-taking and confidence in off-course betting -- Decision-making, risk and gender : are managers different? -- The use of information by decision makers and deviations from rational economic behaviour -- A violation of dominance and the consumption value of gambling -- Exploring decision makers' use of price information in a speculative market -- Gluck's second law : an empirical investigation of horserace betting in early and late races -- Investigating the roots of the favourite-longshot bias : an analysis of decision-making by supply and demand-side agents in parallel betting markets -- Market efficiency analysis requires a sensitivity to market characteristics : some observations on a recent study of betting market efficiency -- Efficiency characteristics of a market for state contingent claims -- Market ecology and decision behaviour in state-contingent claims markets -- Calibration of subjective probability judgements in a naturalistic setting This book addresses a wide range of contemporary issues in decision research, such as how individuals deal with uncertainty and complexity, gender-based differences in decision-making, what determines decision performance and why people choose risky activities English Decision making Risk-taking (Psychology) Horse racing- Great Britain Gambling- Great Britain Johnson, Johnnie 1952-) Bruce, Alistair 0-415-75971-4 0-415-42628-6 Routledge studies in business organization and networks 44