As U.S. Treasury securities carry the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, they are free of default risk. Thus …, their yields are risk-free rates of return, which allows the most recently issued U.S. Treasury securities to be used as a …

of tax revenue receipts. A framework is presented for risk management of daily tourist tax revenues for the Maldives … international tourist arrivals and their growth rate is analogous to the volatility (or dynamic risk) in financial returns. The …