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Determinants of default ratios in the segment of loans to households in Spain

Blanco Escolar, Roberto; Gimeno Nogués, Ricardo - 2012

In this paper we present the estimation results of a dynamic panel data model that explains the dynamic behaviour of default ratios in Spain for loans extended to the household sector. We estimate the models for two alternative definitions of default and for two different loan categories. The...

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Richer earnings dynamics, consumption and portfolio choice over the life cycle

Gálvez, Julio; Paz-Pardo, Gonzalo

Los ingresos del trabajo de los hogares están expuestos a fluctuaciones que no siguen una distribución normal y que varían en función tanto de la edad como de la posición en la distribución de la renta. En este documento mostramos que, al capturar estas características de manera rica y...

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Easing the natural gas crisis: Reducing natural gas prices through increased deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency

Wiser, Ryan; Bolinger, Mark; St. Clair, Matt - 2008

growing number of voices are calling for increased diversification of energy supplies. Proponents of renewable energy and …

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Restoring Equilibrium to Natural Gas Markets: Can Renewable Energy Help?

Wiser, Ryan; Bolinger, Mark - 2009

growing number of voices are calling for increased diversification of energy supplies. Proponents of renewable energy …

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Workforce diversity in a research and development environment -- a model that works

McDavid, S. - 2008

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Engineering Directorate is in the third year of a diversity process that has changed the culture of the organization in many ways. This work outlines progress toward realizing the LLNL Engineering Diversity Model. Currently recommendations are...

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The domestic natural gas and oil initiative. Energy leadership in the world economy

2008

Two key overarching goals of this Initiative are enhancing the efficiency and competitiveness of U.S. industry and reducing the trends toward higher imports. These goals take into account new Federal policies that reflect economic needs, including economic growth, deficit reduction, job creation...

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Profitability of UK construction contractors

Akintoye, Akintola S.; Skitmore, Martin - 1991

, of a sub-sample of 8 very large companies, showed that profitability enhancement was associated with diversification into …

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Bank risk and return: The impact of bank non-interest income

Williams, Barry; Prather, Laurie - 2010

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the impact on bank risk of portfolio diversification between … performance variables, this analysis compares the benefits of diversification across different bank types relative to margin … documents that fee-based income is riskier than margin income but offers diversification benefits to bank shareholders. While …

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Scope for Credit Risk Diversification

Hanson, Samuel; Pesaran, M Hashem; Schuermann, Til - 2005

-tailed correlated loss distributions arising from Gaussian risk factors and explore the potential for risk diversification. Where …

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INSURING EGGS IN BASKETS

Hart, Chad E.; Hayes, Dermot J.; Babcock, Bruce A. - 2003

The vast majority of crop and revenue insurance policies sold in the United States are single-crop policies that insure against low yields or low revenues for each crop grown on a particular farm. This practice of insuring one crop at a time runs counter to the traditional risk management...

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