10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AVERTER»
Discover the use of
averter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
averter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
(i) Risk aversion An individual is a risk averter if he wants more than the expected
value of a risky prospect before he would be willing to purchase it. Conversely, if
the individual already owns a risky prospect, he would be willing to sell it for ...
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Decision Making: Its Logic and Practice
If the number were greater than $2,000, then you are a risk averter. The greater
the number that you would require, the greater is your aversion to risk. If the
dollar amount was less than $2,000, you are a risk seeker. The smaller that it is,
the ...
Byron M. Roth, John D. Mullen,
2002
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Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, ...
The three commonly used classifications of tolerance for risk appear in Figure 17
—2: the risk averter or avoider, the neutral risk taker, and the risk taker or seeker.
The Y axis in Figure 17—2 represents utility, which can be defined as the ...
Consequently, a risk averter will reject an actuarially fair gamble. Naturally, we
are not saying that a risk averter will never engage in a situation in which the
outcome is uncertain. This would be impossible because the world is a risky
place.
Risk aversion A person who prefers a certain outcome to an uncertain one with
the same expected value is called a risk averter: This implies that when risk is
involved the risk averse person prefers the actuarial value of the risky event (also
...
... demarcator": epithet for the two-pronged pitchfork of g+~sa, called me-t5=le? [
qq.v.], that has the power to thwart misfortune ("averter- eternal-averter-golden")
to-tT?-to-mo (Elabn) id. ("averter-eternal-averter-point") to-tV?-to-se(n) (Elabn) id.
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Fast Money: Profit From Property
1 Risk-taker, risk-averter. Agree between yourselves to make one partner (
generally the owner of the business) the risk-taker — the other becomes what I
call the risk-averter. If you're setting up a business, I'd recommend you make the ...
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Case Studies in Jewish Business Ethics
In both his personal life and business affairs, Zelig Parnes is a risk averter. As
Parnes puts it, "When confronted with risk, take on for yourself as little as possible
, and shift onto your opposite number as much as possible." Let us first take a ...
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Probability and Stochastic Modeling
An individual whose preference order satisfies Condition Z is called a risk averter
. If X ≼ X +Zε for any X, any ε > 0, and any Zε independent of X, then we call such
an individual a risk lover. Certainly, a person may be neither a risk averter nor a ...
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Price Theory and Applications
Among baskets with the same expected value, a risk—averter always chooses
the one with no risk, that is, the one on the 45° line. Thus, at points along the 45°
line the risk—averter's indifference curves have an absolute slope that reflects
the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AVERTER»
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averter is used in the context of the following news items.
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... to commemorate the birth anniversary of the obstacle-averter Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed son of Lord Shiva and his consort Parvati. «PS News, May 15»
Odd and Curious People You Meet at a Book Signing
The Eye-Averter. These people wander into a bookstore intending only to use the bathroom and/or read sports magazines in the comfortable ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
Parthasarathi Shome: 2015-16 - a Union Budget with sense and …
An investor has a perception of the risk he faces as a risk averter or a risk preferer. Reflecting his perception of risk in an investment, he decides ... «Business Standard, Mar 15»
NJ Putting The Brakes On Red Light Cameras, But Not All Officials …
GLOUCESTER Twp., NJ (CBS) — Call it an accident-averter or a cash-cow, New Jersey's red light camera pilot program will come to an end ... «CBS Local, Nov 14»
Red alert: Traffic-light style system could be a lifesaver for sick …
"It's a risk averter for us. As a children's hospital we take the safety of these children very seriously. This lets us increase that level of safety.". «The Flint Journal, Sep 14»
Petrol generator stolen from Telford
The portable generator is described as a red Honda Averter EU10i generator marked with the initials 'AMCA'. It was stolen between July 6 and ... «shropshirestar.com, Jul 14»
Catching out of shadow economy
If such an offer continues for years, the costs get so low that a risk averter would not hesitate to make black money. This money whitening offer ... «The Daily Star, Jun 14»
House of Cards hits French screens... finally
There are no official figures for how many people use VPNs or other geo-block averter products in France but anecdotal evidence suggests ... «Screen International, Mar 14»
Mariah Carey's "You're Mine (Eternal)" Music Video and 6 New …
Add "Crisis Averter" to Mimi's long list of skills. 2. At just 2 1/2 years old, Mariah and Nick's twins (Dem Babies) can already sing! They love to ... «Yahoo Music, Feb 14»
Is Healthcare Technology Caught In The Crosshairs of
... the doctor walking into the room now is not really “your” doctor, but the shepherd of “populations” and the averter of deficits and fiscal cliffs? «HIT Consultant, Jan 14»