. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method …-experimental approach to measure differences in the risk attitudes of farmers located in highflooding risk areas versus farmers located in … low flooding risk areas is followed. Changes in flooding risk relatedbehaviour over time is analysed and marginal effects …

the complete risk management process. An Example from a mechanical engineering company is used for the final validation of …

-Walrasian disequilibrium approach and describe optimizing agents. These agents use chance constraints which depict a Cash Flow at Risk approach …

Much farm financial risk research has involved the application of "credit-scoring" models. We approach the issue of … measuring financial risk by using the actual interest rates charged on agricultural loans reported in the USDA's ARMS survey as … market-based measures of the financial risk associated with individual farm operations. A simultaneous equations model …

Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …

effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …

.S. homeownership rate by investigating the effect of each factor on the housing and mortgage decisions. The second paper assesses how … efficiently households in the U.S. economy insure their cohort-specific income risk. Although the applications differ, they have a … unifying theme: macroeconomic implications of households' behavior in the presence of uninsurable income risk. Both essays …

Subprime mortgage lending has grown rapidly in recent years and with it, so have concerns about predatory lending. In …

The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) is a Durham-based organization that works to promote homeownership and …