While the Sharpe ratio is still the dominant measure for ranking risky assets, a substantial effort has been made over … ranking measure which, under a regularity condition, correctly ranks risks relative to the original investor problem for a … probability distributions. This paper also explores the theoretical foundations of risk ranking, including proving a key …

5.9pp), than those who barely ranked second. The effects are even larger for ranking second instead of third (23.5, 9 ….9, and 6.9 to 12.2pp), and also present for ranking third instead of fourth (14.6, 2.2, and 3.0 to 5.0pp). The impact of …

" the system by avoiding sick and/or seeking healthy patients. In this paper, I propose an alternative approach: ranking … hospitals on the basis of the travel distances of their Medicare patients. At least in theory, a distance report card could …

We show how to construct a ranking of U.S. undergraduate programs based on students' revealed preferences. We construct … extends models used for ranking players in tournaments, such as chess or tennis. When a student makes his matriculation … decision among colleges that have admitted him, he chooses which college "wins" in head-to-head competition. The model exploits …

The ranking of scientific journals is important because of the signal it sends to scientists about what is considered … most vital for scientific progress. Existing ranking systems focus on measuring the influence of a scientific paper … alternative ranking based on the proclivity of journals to publish papers that build on new ideas, and we implement this ranking …

, downloaded, and cited over the next two years. Lower ranking on the list leads to fewer views and downloads, but not cites …