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Correlated risks: a conflict of interest between insurers and consumers and its resolution
Eugster, Patrick (contributor); Zweifel, Peter (contributor) - 2006
underwriting risks both domestically and internationally. -- Insurance ; Portfolio Theory ; International Diversification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003354444
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Efficient electricity portfolios for the United States and Switzerland : an investor view
Krey, Boris B.; Zweifel, Peter - 2008
electricity markets. -- efficiency frontier ; energy ; electricity ; portfolio theory ; Seemingly Unrelated Regression Estimation …This study applies financial portfolio theory to determine efficient electricity-generating technology portfolios for … costs are found to be correlated, Seemingly Unrelated Regression Estimation (SURE) is used to filter out the systematic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003892462
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Spurious correlation in estimation of the health production function : a note
Akkoyunlu, Sule; Lichtenberg, Frank R.; Siliverstovs, Boriss - 2009
In this paper, we address the issue of spurious correlation in the production of health in a systematic way. Spurious correlation entails the risk of linking health status to medical (and nonmedical) inputs when no links exist. This note first presents the bounds testing procedure as a method to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900852
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Efficient electricity portfolios for Switzerland and the United States
Krey, Boris (contributor); Zweifel, Peter (contributor) - 2006
This study applies financial portfolio theory to determine efficient electricity-generating technology mixes for … estimation (SURE) method is applied for filtering out the systematic component of the covariance matrix of the cost changes … ; portfolio theory ; efficiency frontier ; seemingly unrelated regression estimations (SURE) …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003289775
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Consumer resistance against regulation : the case of health care
Zweifel, Peter (contributor); Telser, Harry (contributor);  … - 2005
Regulation fostering Managed Care alternatives in health insurance is spreading. This work reports on an experiment designed to measure the amounts of compensation asked by the Swiss population (in terms of reduced premiums) for Managed-Care type restrictions in the provision of health care. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002746136