... rights only The objective of this study is to explore the effects of financial literacy level and risk aversion on the saving behavior. The literature review showed dialectical results. Therefore, this study attempts to clarify the debatable of these results by studying the mediating effect...

...Taisiia I. Krishtaleva; Elena A. Gureeva; Liliya A. Kripakova; Inna N. Rykova; Yuriy A. Krupnov Purpose The purpose of the paper is to develop a risk-oriented approach to managing the social market economy. Design/methodology/approach The first task is to determine the differences...

...Simo Mannila; Galina Eremicheva Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe some risks and risk-taking when launching and running business in Russia during the socio-economic transformation. The risks are related to informal economy. Design/methodology/approach The research material...

...Jason L. Powell; Azrini Wahidin This article explores the concept of ‘risk’ that is both an epistemological tool and major facet of “late modernity” (Delanty, 1999). During the 1970s, the use of the notion ’risk’ was mainly confined to ‘natural sciences’, when the concept was used to analyse...

...Krishna S. Vatsa Households are exposed to a wide array of risks, characterized by a known or unknown probability distribution of events. Disasters are one of these risks at the extreme end. Understanding the nature of these risks is critical to recommending appropriate mitigation measures...

...David C. Bell; John S. Atkinson; Victoria Mosier Describes how HIV and AIDS are carried and spread, particularly for high‐risk groups, but adds that it is not only behavioural but also those behaviours in conjunction with others. Employs figures and tables for added explanation and emphasis...