In this paper, the optimal design and analysis of evacuation routes in transportation networks is examined. An methodology for optimal egress route assignment is suggested. An integer programming (IP) formulation for optimal route assignment is presented, which utilizes M/G/c/c state dependent...

In this paper, a methodology for modeling surface wildfire propagation through a complex landscape is presented. The methodology utilizes a Delaunay triangulation to represent surface fire spread within the landscape. A procedure to construct the graph and estimate the rate of spread along the...

We use focused interviews with bank managers to analyse how multinational banks use internal capital markets to control their subsidiaries. It is found that foreign bank affiliates are strongly influenced by the capital allocation and credit steering mechanisms of the parent bank. Parent banks...

On the basis of focused interviews with managers of foreign parent banks and their affiliates in Central Europe and the Baltic States, the development of small-business lending by foreign banks is analysed.Our approach allows us to complement the standard empirical literature, which has...

In order to gain more insight into the relationship between housing prices and mortgage lending, we estimate models for both the Dutch housing and the mortgage market. The empirical analysis presented in this paper offers support for the hypothesis that in the Netherlands housing prices and...

The adequacy of the legal protection of banks and (minority) shareholders influences the size and quality of the financial system, and through that economic growth. Deficient (legal) institutions in transition economies can therefore put a brake on economic development in these countries. An...

DNB looks after the stability of the financial system through its contribution to eurozone monetary policy, its supervisory tasks, and its oversight of payment and settlement systems. The combination of these tasks within one organisation leads to important economies of scope, which are the...