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weather shocks to ascertain the extent to which the investment strategies of risk-exposed households "pay off" by buffering … the downside risk associated with exposure to flooding. This translates into lower income levels. The investment in these …This paper explores the impact of exposure to uninsured risks on the investment decisions of farmers. We distinguish …
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surge in the stock market would be self-correcting. Recent papers have discussed the role of "uncertainty" and its … measurement in influencing economic decisions. They attempt to measure uncertainty by indexes of volatility of the stock market … although risk can be measured, uncertainty cannot be measured. Even though risk can be measured, a simple symmetric measure …
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uncertainty principle. Problems, which can be solved, research fields, which can be augmented or created, and fields of …
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Many institutional investors depend on the returns they generate to fund their operations and liabilities. How do these investors' financial conditions affect the management of their portfolios? We address this issue using the insurance industry because insurers are large investors for which...
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