be averse to risk
31risk-averse — UK / US adjective business opposed to taking risks, or only willing to take small risks …
32risk-averse — /ˌrɪsk ə vɜ:s/ adjective not wanting to take risks …
33risk-averse — /ˌrɪsk ə vɜ:s/ adjective not wanting to take risks …
34Target Risk Fund — A fund that attempts to expose its investors to a specified amount of risk. The fund manager of a target risk fund is responsible for overseeing all the securities owned within the fund, to ensure that the level of risk isn’t greater or… …
35adverse / averse — Adverse means unfavorable, hostile : Those driving in adverse winter conditions may be putting themselves at risk. Averse means repulsed or repelled : She was immediately averse to the idea …
36adverse / averse — Adverse means unfavorable, hostile : Those driving in adverse winter conditions may be putting themselves at risk. Averse means repulsed or repelled : She was immediately averse to the idea …
37Prospect theory — is a theory that describes decisions between alternatives that involve risk, i.e. alternatives with uncertain outcomes, where the probabilities are known. The model is descriptive: it tries to model real life choices, rather than optimal… …
38Neuroeconomics — is an interdisciplinary field that seeks to explain human decision making, the ability to process multiple alternatives and to choose an optimal course of action. It studies how economic behavior can shape our understanding of the brain, and how… …
39international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
40Loss function — In statistics and decision theory a loss function is a function that maps an event onto a real number intuitively representing some cost associated with the event. Typically it is used for parameter estimation, and the event in question is some… …
