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Asymmetric Cost Behavior : Implications for the Credit and Financial Risk of a Firm
Reimer, Kristina - 2019
The thesis of Kristina Reimer provides a comprehensive analysis of asymmetric cost behavior (also known as cost stickiness) by discussing its origin and development in the theoretical and empirical research from the 1920s of the past century up until today. Further, using an empirical approach,...
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The Impact of Economic Freedom on State Legitimacy : An Empirical Investigation
Hindermann, Christoph Michael - 2018
legitimate. Due to the strong quantitative approach, this thesis contributes not only to the political theory of liberalism and …
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Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
Leal Filho, Walter - 2013
There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of adaptation to climate variability and climate change. However, there is now wide recognition of the need to incorporate disaster risk management concerns in dealing with such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016144
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Why managers and companies take risks
Coleman, Les - 2006
risky, what leads them to choose the risky alternative? The answer starts with a detailed review of the theory behind risk … and decision making by managers. The book then gathers real-world evidence using two surveys of senior managers and … risky, what leads them to choose the risky alternative? The answer starts with a detailed review of the theory behind risk …
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Economics and Management of Climate Change : Risks, Mitigation and Adaptation
Hansjürgens, Bernd (ed.); Antes, Ralf (ed.) - 2008
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North-South Globalization and Foreign Direct Investment : Essays in International Economics
Schwab, Jakob - 2018
Jakob Schwab analyzes central mechanisms in the systematic economic interaction between rich and poor countries. He focuses on the drivers and effects of investment in developing countries and shows that predictions of standard economic analysis may turn around when accounting for peculiarities...
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The Regulation of Systemically Relevant Banks : How Governments Should Manage Their Exposure to Banking System Risk
Moenninghoff, Sebastian C. - 2018
Sebastian Moenninghoff provides an extensive overview of the status of the ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ doctrine post-crisis and develops the first comprehensive framework to categorize and discuss the full range of major policy options for regulating banks. Governments need to actively manage their...
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Contemporary Trends and Challenges in Finance : Proceedings from the 3rd Wroclaw International Conference in Finance
Jajuga, Krzysztof (ed.); Locarek-Junge, Hermann (ed.);  … - Wrocław International Conference in Finance <3., 2017, … - 2018
Part I: Econometrics of Financial Markets -- Information Asymmetry, Liquidity and the Dynamic Volume-Return Relation in Panel Data Analysis -- Density forecasts of emerging markets’ exchange rates using Monte Carlo simulation with regime switching -- Determination of the own funds requirements...
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