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Using investor utility to determine portfolio choice with REITs
No full textThis article examines the decision of individual investors to allocate a portion of their existing investment portfolios to REITs. It first derives the risk preferences of investors represented by their benchmark portfolios of stocks and bonds. Such risk preferences are then used for portfolio decisions regarding REITs. The analysis shows that investors with lower risk aversion tend to have a more substantial stock component in their benchmark portfolio and will obtain higher risk-return benefits from adding REITs. In addition to the theoretical analysis, the article provides a practical solution to evaluate the benefit of investing in REITs
Encouraging living will completion using social norms and family benefit
No full textAdvance directives, such as a living will, can help families control their medical treatments and, in some cases, appropriately limit end-of-life medical expenses. However, usage of such documents remains relatively low. Applying concepts from Terror Management Theory, this study randomly assigned 1,771 online participants to living will descriptions referencing social norms, family benefit, both, or neither. References to family benefit alone significantly increased intentions to complete docu- ments among men, but non-significantly decreased intentions among women. References to social norms alone modestly increased intentions for both groups. Combining references to both family benefit and social norms generated the largest increase
Unraveling University-Community Engagement: A Literature Review
Get PDFUniversity–community engagement has been implemented by an increasing number of universities across the world, in a period characterized by growing international competition. The growth of interest in university–community engagement has led to multiple definitions of this term and a high level of complexity in defining what it entails. Using a literature review, this article offers a critical assessment of the academic literature on university–community engagement. The article aims to provide insight into trends, commonalities, and variations in the literature, to enable the identification of an agenda for future research. We identify four main gaps in the literature, which we suggest addressing through a more critical conceptual discussion supported by empirical research, broadening the theoretical lens, and using particular research approaches, such as theories of change. Altogether, this will enable a more comprehensive understanding of the concept of university–community engagement
Review of Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching: A Framework and Classroom-Based Situations by Heid, Wilson, & Blue (2015)
No full textImagine a high school mathematics teacher looking for big mathematical ideas while planning their secondary mathematics lessons. They might come across questions like the following and wonder how they might best respond to support their student’s learning: Why is it that when you multiply two negative numbers together, you get a positive number answer? How can we think about measures of center using box plots? Why is a number raised to the zero power 1 and not 0, and, what is 0 raised to the 0 power? This review of Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching: A Framework and Classroom-Based Situations by Heid, Wilson, and Blume (2015) addresses how to go about responding
Optimism, overconfidence, and insurance decisions
No full textWe report experimental evidence regarding overconfidence, optimism, and insurance decisions. Our design distinguishes between an individual’s optimism bias and overconfidence bias, a contribu- tion particularly important for understanding insurance decisions related to risks beyond the purchas- er’s control. Results show that optimistic participants incur a higher total cost of risk and are more likely to underinsure than non-optimistic participants, even when purchasing insurance maximizes expected payoffs. In contrast, we find that overconfidence does not significantly affect the decision to insure. However, participants with higher overall overconfidence show larger differences in insur- ance behavior when the risk of loss arises from their own mistakes
The effect of risk literacy and visual aids on portfolio choices among professional financial planners
No full textFinancial planners and their clients come together regularly to discuss financial decisions, which are inherently risky. Yet, financial planning research has not explored the impact of risk literacy (i.e., objective numeracy)—the ability to understand and interpret probabilistic trade-offs—and graph literacy on client-planner decision-making quality. This study uses an experimental design to test financial planners’ risk literacy and their ability to select the most resilient portfolio based on whether they were given probabilistic information and a visual representation or only probabilistic information. Results indicate that visual representation do help financial planners determine the appropriate choice, but risk literacy does not. Implications for financial planners and future research in this area are discussed
Dede, C. J., & Richards, J. (Eds.). (2020). The 60-Year Curriculum: New Models for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Economy. Routledge. 182 pp.
Get PDFThis work is a timely piece which smartly conceptualizes impending urgent challenges to the ways humans live and work, and which offers critically-examined solutions to the challenges and opportunities presented by longevity and advanced technology
