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Ethical Issues in Engineering Models : Personal Reflections

Kleijnen, Jack P.C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

I start this contribution with an overview of my personal involvement—as an Operations Research consultant—in several engineering case-studies that may raise ethical questions; these case studies employ simulation models. Next, I present an overview of the recent literature on ethical issues...

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Applications of Likelihood-Based Methods for the Reliability Parameter of the Location and Scale Exponential Distribution

van der Duyn Schouten, F.A.; Bar-Lev, S.K. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003

Based on a type-2 censored sample we consider a likelihood-based inference for the reliability parameter R(t) of the …

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An Analysis of Ratings of Russian Banks

van soest, arthur; Peresetsky, A.; Karminsky, A.M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003

and more use of ratings of the reliability of Russian banks, i.e., their ability to meet interest and repayment …

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Bayesian Integration of Large Scale SNA Data Frameworks with an Application to Guatemala

Magnus, Jan R.; Van Tongeren, J.W. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011

We present a Bayesian estimation method applied to an extended set of national accounts data and estimates of approximately 2500 variables. The method is based on conventional national accounts frameworks as compiled by countries in Central America, in particular Guatemala, and on concepts that...

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Age-dependent failure modelling : A Hazard-function approach

Berg, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1995

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Part-time Jobs : What Women Want?

van Ours, Jan; Booth, A.L. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

-time. We analyze the relationship between part-time work and life satisfaction, and between job satisfaction and preferred … working hours using panel data on life and job satisfaction for a sample of partnered women and men. We also utilize time … hypothesis in this context. Our main results indicate that partnered women in part-time work have high levels of job satisfaction …

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Job Satisfaction And Family Happiness : The Part-Time Work Problem

van Ours, Jan; Booth, A.L. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2007

satisfaction; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men … and women from the British Household Panel Survey. We find that men have the highest hours-of-work satisfaction if they … work full-time without overtime hours but neither their job satisfaction nor their life satisfaction are affected by how …

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Semi-parametric Models for Satisfaction with Income

Melenberg, Bertrand; van soest, arthur; Bellemare, C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2002

-reported satisfaction with household income relates to household income, family composition, and other background variables.Data are drawn …

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Are moral objections to free riding evolutionarily stable?

Güth, W.; Nitzan, S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1993

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Voluntary Contribution to Multiple Public Projects

Reijnierse, Hans; Koster, M.A.L.; Voorneveld, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1999

The problem of financing a set of public goods (facilities, projects) by private contri- butions is studied. The corresponding cooperative game, the realization game, is shown to be convex. For the noncooperative setting we study a realization scheme that induces a strategic game. This...

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