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Authors: Louis Eeckhoudt
ISBN-13: 9781402070075, ISBN-10: 1402070071
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Date Published: October 2007
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Louis Eeckhoudt

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Table of Contents

Preface1
Ch. 1Introduction4
Pt. 1Developments inside the E-U model7
Ch. 2The case of diagnostic risks in a single risk environment8
Ch. 3The introduction of "comorbidity risks" and the treatment threshold. The notion of prudence28
Ch. 4Treatment decisions under therapeutic risks43
A synthesis of chapter 2 to 454
Ch. 5The value of diagnostic tests (under risk neutrality)59
Ch. 6Risk aversion and diagnostic tests65
Ch. 7Comorbidity risks and the value of a test: a short overview80
Pt. 2M.D.M and new models of choice under risk88
Ch. 8Treatment thresholds and the dual theory of choice under risk90
Ch. 9Diagnostic tests and the dual theory109
Conclusions119
References132
Index135

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