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phk
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« on: November 12, 2009, 12:57:21 PM »

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Who knew women preferred men who had concave utility functions?
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« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2009, 01:04:27 PM »

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« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2009, 01:06:29 PM »


Hahaha. I concur.
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« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2009, 01:36:11 PM »


Die in a fire idiotic troll.
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« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2009, 01:49:33 PM »

Hey, I found this article interesting. And most of Hassan's articles anyway, for what it's worth.

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« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2009, 02:05:33 PM »


Fine, but I'm taking Gully with me since he agrees.  Tongue
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« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2009, 05:09:02 PM »

What does this have to do with teh economy.
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phk
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« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2009, 05:55:49 PM »
« Edited: November 12, 2009, 08:51:39 PM by phknrocket1k »


Behavioral/Micro topic.

For a better read up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expected_utility_hypothesis
and a useful paper.
http://econ.ucsd.edu/~mmachina/papers/Machina_Science_Article.pdf

Didn't I mention concave utility (which imply risk aversion) functions in the initial post?
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« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2009, 06:47:05 PM »

THIS CANNOT BE!
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« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2009, 07:04:11 PM »
« Edited: November 12, 2009, 08:44:01 PM by phknrocket1k »


Yeah, I would have thought the opposite to be true considering how society glorifies machoism, but it makes sense from an evolutionary perspective assuming utility of risk could be determined perhaps by genetic and/or psychological factors and heritable.

Women might themselves find greater preference for men on the lower end of the risk-return spectrum and a lower taste for variance.

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« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2009, 08:15:51 PM »

Because I am a total pussy, I find this article to be rad.
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« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2009, 08:26:20 PM »


Yeah, I would have thought the opposite to be true considering how society glorifies machoism, but it makes sense from an evolutionary perspective assuming utility of risk could be determined perhaps by genetic and/or psychological factors.

Women might themselves find greater preference for men on the lower end of the risk-return spectrum and a lower taste for variance.



http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1278236
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« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2009, 09:18:18 PM »

That would explain how my constantly worried anxiety-ridden father managed to get married Tongue
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« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2009, 03:53:28 AM »

Because I am a total pussy, I find this article to be rad.
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