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risky-shift effect — A social psychological term, referring to the observed tendency for people to make more daring decisions when they are in groups, than when they are alone … Dictionary of sociology
Peltzman Effect — The Peltzman Effect is the hypothesized tendency of people to react to a safety regulation by increasing other risky behavior, offsetting some or all of the benefit of the regulation. It is named after Sam Peltzman, a University of Chicago… … Wikipedia
Ground effect in aircraft — Aircraft may be affected by a number of ground effects, aerodynamic effects due to a flying body s proximity to the ground.One of the most important of these effects is the Wing In Ground effect, which refers to the reduction in drag experienced… … Wikipedia
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Lake Wobegon effect — The Lake Wobegon effect designates either: the human tendency to overestimate one s achievements and capabilities in relation to others (in academic sources this is more usually called the above average effect or the better than average effect);… … Wikipedia
a risky business — ► something that involves risk or the chance of failure: »Trading in penny shares is a risky business as any kind of bad news can have a drastic effect on the share price. Main Entry: ↑risky … Financial and business terms
house money effect — n. The premise that people are more willing to take risks with money they obtained easily or unexpectedly. Example Citations: The Flemings lot are now talking about regret aversion, investors inclination to sell their winners and stick by their… … New words
Overconfidence effect — The overconfidence effect is a well established bias in which someone s subjective confidence in their judgments is reliably greater than their objective accuracy, especially when confidence is relatively high.[1] For example, in some quizzes,… … Wikipedia
Ostrich effect — In behavioral finance, the ostrich effect is the avoidance of apparently risky financial situations by pretending they do not exist. The name comes from the common (but false)[1] legend that ostriches bury their heads in the sand to avoid danger … Wikipedia
Co-insurance Effect — A theory on corporate debt that posits that the likelihood of default decreases when two firms assets and liabilities are combined through a merger or acquisition compared to the likelihood of default in the individual companies. The co insurance … Investment dictionary
