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Multi-Criteria Spatial Analysis of Hazardous Materials Transportation
(2014-01-01)
The development of the world economy increases trade, thereby inducing a large amount of goods transportation. In many developing countries, such as Brazil, the transportation system is predominated by the highway mode. ...
COVID-19: Reducing the risk of infection might increase the risk of intimate partner violence
The ongoing pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, the causal agent of
the acute respiratory distress syndrome COVID-19, is placing unprecedented stress on healthcare systems and societies as a whole. The
rapid spread of the ...
Determinants of the Risk Attitude in Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Latin America
(School of Business and Economics, Universidad del Desarrollo, 2014)
This paper departs from the traditional analysis of the effects of risk aversion in entrepreneurship to study the determinants of entrepreneurial risk aversion in developing a new venture and becoming an entrepreneur. We ...
Determinants of the Risk Attitude in Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Latin America
(School of Business and Economics, Universidad del Desarrollo, 2014)
This paper departs from the traditional analysis of the effects of risk aversion in entrepreneurship to study the determinants of entrepreneurial risk aversion in developing a new venture and becoming an entrepreneur. We ...
The factors affecting the risk attitude in entrepreneurship: evidence from Latin America
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)
This article departs from the traditional analysis of the effects of risk aversion in
entrepreneurship to study the determinants of entrepreneurial risk aversion in
developing a new venture and becoming an entrepreneur.We ...
HIV Risk Perception and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Awareness Among Transgender Women from Mexico
(Springer, 2022)
This study aimed to identify factors associated with HIV risk perception among Mexican transgender women (TGW). This cross-sectional survey was conducted online and at a public HIV clinic in Mexico City. Participants were ...
The impact of the transmission dynamics of the new hypothesis to explain recent increases in risk taking-behaviour among men who have sex with men
(Thomson Scientific, 2005)
Summary Increases in sexually transmitted infections and related high-risk behaviours have been reported among men who have sex with men (MSM) in industrialised countries when effective antiretroviral therapy against HIV ...
Portfolio choice with a correlated background risk : theory and evidence
(Fundação Getulio Vargas. Escola de Pós-graduação em Economia, 2003-01-15)
We extend the static portfolio choice problem with a small background risk to the case of small partially correlated background risks. We show that respecting the theories under which risk substitution appears, except for ...
Speculative bubbles under supply constraints, background risk and investment fraud in the art market.
We examine the unexplored effects on art markets of artist death (asset supply constraints), collectors' wealth (background risk) and forgery risk (risk of investment fraud), under short-sale constraints and risk aversion. ...
Peer effects in risk aversion
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2012)
Using data onUruguayan adolescents, we estimate peer effects in risk attitudes. Relative risk aversion is elicited in an experimental setting. Identification is based on parents not being able to ...