We introduce a family of decision making models, referred to as eventseparable, based on a non-additive probability and on a general integration scheme. To characterize such models we take a different approach to independence and present the subjective codecomposable independence axiom that determines when the decision maker exhibits ambiguity neutrality. The new approach allows us to: (a) intr...

We report results of an experiment in which participants provided certainty equivalents for 15 risky or vague (with imprecise probabilities) two-outcome gambles. Participants made their decisions in three different settings: a) individually without prior social interactions, b) individually after discussing decisions with other participants and c) in groups of three. We also manipulated the deg...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the impact of the insurance expansion in 2006 on use of knee and hip replacement procedures by race/ethnicity, area income, and the use of hospitals that predominantly serve poor people ("safety net hospitals"). DESIGN Quasi-experimental difference in differences study examining change after reform in the share of procedures performed in safety net hospitals by race/ethn...

The redistributive effects of a social insurance programme are determined by how the programme is paid for-who pays and how much do they pay?-and how the benefits are distributed. As a result, the redistributive effects of a social health insurance programme should be evaluated on the basis of its net benefit-the difference between benefits and payment. Among the rich body of empirical analysis...

Bu çalışmanın amacı, tarım arazilerinin değerinin belirlenmesinde kullanılan pazar değeri yöntemi ile gelirlerin kapitalizasyonu yönteminin incelenmesidir. Gelirlerin yöntemi, gelecekte elde edilecek değer biçme anına indirgenmesi olarak ifade edilmekte ve araziden edilen net geliri baz almaktadır. Ancak, bu yöntemin uygulanabilmesi için değerlerinden hareketle bölgeye, arazi niteliğine işletme...

background: in kazakhstan, as in many other countries, a transformation of the traditional stereotypes of reproductive behavior, and change the types of family relationships is occurred. it is caused by social status changes, by the transformation of women's valuable orientations and social-role attitudes. the objective of this study was to identify the indicators of reproductive units and the ...