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Portfolio optimization with risk constraints
Gandy, Ralf - 2005
In dieser Arbeit setzen wir uns mit den Auswirkungen von Risikobeschränkungen auf das optimale Verhalten eines Investors auseinander, welcher versucht, den erwarteten Endnutzen zu einem festgelegten Zeitpunkt zu maximieren. Dazu kann er ein vorgegebenes Anfangsvermögen in einem Markt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009462193
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The impact of forest service litigation success on administrative appeals of proposed fuels reduction actions.
Laband, David N.; Hussain, Anwar; González-Cabán, … - 2008
In this paper, we explore empirically whether the USDA Forest Service's litigation success rate in each Forest Service region helps explain the persistent regional effects noted by Laband et al. (Laband, D.N., González-Cabán, A., and Hussain, A. (2006). “Factors That Influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429454
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Dispersion Patterns and Sampling Plans for Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in Citrus.
Setamou, Mamoudou; Flores, Daniel; French, J. Victor; … - 2008
presence-absence sampling plan with a fixed precision level was developed and can be used to provide a quick estimation of D …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429531
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Predicting germination response to temperature. I. Cardinal-temperature models and subpopulation-specific regression.
Hardegree, S.P. - 2006
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The purpose of this study was to compare the relative accuracy of different thermal-germination models in predicting germination-time under constant-temperature conditions. Of specific interest was the assessment of shape assumptions associated with the cardinal-temperature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429558
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Estimating Suppression Expenditures for Individual Large Wildland Fires.
Gebert, K.M.; Calkin, D.E.; Yoder, J. - 2007
representing the fire environment, values at risk, resource availability, detection time, and National Forest System region …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429575
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Meeting market demand in the organic sector: Handler-supplier relationships in the face of tight supply.
Dimitri, C.; Oberholtzer, L. - 2009
Periodic shortfalls of organic food have been commonplace in the USA. Shortages, created when demand grows faster than supply, have been exacerbated by relatively slow growth of certified organic farmland (in comparison to growth in retail sales) over the past decade. Organic intermediaries,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429579
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Natural Disasters and Agriculture: Individual Risk Preferences towards Flooding
Sauer, Johannes - 2011
risk estimation approach the study also applies a dynamicpanel estimator. The estimates suggest that the average farmer …. 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442826
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Management betrieblicher Risiken bei produzierenden Unternehmen
König, Roland - 2008
the complete risk management process. An Example from a mechanical engineering company is used for the final validation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467405
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Produktion unter Risiko : ein agentenbasiertes, sektorales Partialmodell zur Anwendung in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung
Meißner, Frank - 2007
-Walrasian disequilibrium approach and describe optimizing agents. These agents use chance constraints which depict a Cash Flow at Risk approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449067
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Parameter estimation error: a cautionary tale in computational finance
Popovic, Ray - 2010
motion (GBM) process. That is, we show what difficulties can arise when failing to account for estimation risk. Our working … difficulties that can ensue when failing to account for estimation risk in valuation and hedging formulae. … parameter sigma, we derive the resulting marginal distribution of the approximated GBM. This allows us to derive post-estimation …
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