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Uri Benzion

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Discount rates inferred from decisions: An experimental study

U Benzion, A Rapoport, J Yagil - Management science, 1989 - pubsonline.informs.org
Two hundred and four students of economics and finance participated in an intertemporal
choice experiment which manipulated three dimensions in a 4 × 4 × 4 factorial design: …

Decision-making and the newsvendor problem: an experimental study

U Benzion, Y Cohen, R Peled, T Shavit - Journal of the Operational …, 2008 - Springer
This paper investigates repetitive purchase decisions of perishable items in the face of
uncertain demand (the newsvendor problem). The experimental design includes: high, or low …

Factors affecting nurses' decision to get the flu vaccine

S Shahrabani, U Benzion, G Yom Din - The European Journal of Health …, 2009 - Springer
The objective of this study was to identify factors that influence the decision whether or not
to get the influenza (flu) vaccine among nurses in Israel by using the health belief model (HBM…

[HTML][HTML] Factors affecting intention among students to be vaccinated against A/H1N1 influenza: a health belief model approach

…, S Shahrabani, U Benzion - Advances in preventive …, 2011 - hindawi.com
The outbreak of A/H1N1 influenza (henceforth, swine flu) in 2009 was characterized mainly
by morbidity rates among young people. This study examined the factors affecting the …

The complexity effects on choice with uncertainty–Experimental evidence

D Sonsino, U Benzion, G Mador - The Economic Journal, 2002 - academic.oup.com
We present experimental evidence suggesting that human subjects dislike complexity in
choice with uncertainty. Our results suggest that the probability of choosing a given alternative …

Size, leverage, and dividend record as determinants of equity risk

U Ben-Zion, SS Shalit - The Journal of Finance, 1975 - JSTOR
1016 The Journal. of Finance lationship through an empirical analysis of the mean and the
higher moments of the rate of return distribution. The study of individual firms' risk as related …

[HTML][HTML] Workplace vaccination and other factors impacting influenza vaccination decision among employees in Israel

S Shahrabani, U Benzion - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2010 - mdpi.com
The study examined the factors affecting the decision to be vaccinated against influenza
among employees in Israel. The research, conducted in 2007/2008, included 616 employees …

The determinants of CDS spreads

K Galil, OM Shapir, D Amiram, U Ben-Zion - Journal of Banking & Finance, 2014 - Elsevier
This study proposes models that can be used as shorthand analysis tools for CDS spreads
and CDS spread changes. For this purpose, we examine the determinants of CDS spreads …

Stock market crashes and the performance of circuit breakers: Empirical evidence

B Lauterbach, U BenZion - The Journal of Finance, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the behavior of a small stock market with circuit breakers and with a
one‐hour preauction order imbalance disclosure, during the October 1987 crash. The crash …

How experience shapes health beliefs: the case of influenza vaccination

S Shahrabani, U Benzion - Health education & behavior, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examines the impact of past experience with influenza and the influenza vaccine
on four categories of the Health Belief Model: beliefs about susceptibility to contracting …