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Essays on risk aversion
Neilson, William S. (contributor) - 2006
This dissertation contains three essays on risk aversion. In the first essay, we an-alyze comparative risk aversion in a new way, through a comparative statics problemin which, for a cost, agents can shift from an initial probability distribution towarda preferred distribution. The Ross...
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Simulating the Impacts of Agroterrorism on U.S. Financial Markets and Regional Economic Performance
Routhe, Christopher - 2007
The threat of terrorism against the United States has been a primary concern of public policy makers, particularly … simulation model that captures the impacts of agricultural terrorism (agroterrorism) on the economic performance of various … financial uncertainty brought forth by terrorism can decrease consumer confidence, increase interest rates, increase credit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466288
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Critical Asset and Portfolio Risk Analysis for Homeland Security
McGill, William L - 2008
Providing a defensible basis for allocating resources for critical infrastructure and key resource protection is an important and challenging problem. Investments can be made in countermeasures that improve the security and hardness of a potential target exposed to a security hazard, deterrence...
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Strategic dilemmas : states, non-state actors, and international conflict
Carter, David B. (1980; Signorino, Curtis S.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester. Dept. of Political Science, 2009.
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Managing diversity for a sustainable competitive advantage in the changing European business environment
Van Zyl, Tobey Zanelda - 2004
, communications and behavioural styles across different states, is considered Europe's strong suit. A sustainable competitive … value chain activities. They are now focused on increasing innovation to sustain their growth. Organisations in Europe … Europa se sterkpunt. Die volgehoue kompeterende voordeel van organisasies in die komplekse Europese omgewing is opgesluit in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442055
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What are the Determinants of Profitability in the European Low Cost Aviation Industry
Shah, Karan - 2009
three airlines: Ryanair, EasyJet and SkyEurope. It begins by defining budget airlines and examining their origins in Europe …
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Do strategic alliances add value?: an empirical examination at industry and firm levels in European banking
Ul-Haq, Rehan - 2004
Strategic alliances are a prevalent form of business organization. The criticalcharacteristics of strategic alliances are detailed using Coase (1937) and the resultingdefinition tested through primary research and the alternative form, the infrastructurealliance posited. The thesis examines...
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^Der^ Einfluss der monetären Integration auf wirtschaftliche Konvergenz in Europa
Bonn, Udo - 2007
Dieses Dokument untersucht den Einfluss der monetären Integration auf Konvergenz makroökonomischer Größen in Europa …This document examines the influence of monetary integration on convergence of macroeconomic variables in Europe. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460985