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This half-semester course discusses decision theory and topics in game theory. We present models of individual decision-making under certainty and uncertainty. Topics include preference orderings, expected utility, risk, stochastic dominance, supermodularity, monotone comparative statics,...
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that parimutuel insurance intrinsically leads to participants being underinsured due to basis risk. Although participants … will be underinsured, parimutuel insurance guarantees no underlying risk borne by the issuer. We also derive the equivalent … transaction costs of traditional insurance relative to HuRLOs. The actual transaction cost for traditional insurance is found to …
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core issues in antitrust. Topics include: the organization of the firm, monopoly, price discrimination, oligopoly, and …
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leverage their monopoly powerin the local market to the long distance market. We also discuss thewave of mergers in the …
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differentiation the duopoly is subsidized or the government remains inactive. In contrast, the monopoly is always subsidized. The …
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für Ertragsversicherungen nach dem Vorbild der USA oder Kanada gefordert. In dieser Arbeit werden daher zum einen … Effekten, wie z.B. Stickstoffauswaschung, kann die Versicherung durch Produktionsausweitung negativ wirken. Als Substitut für … Pflanzenschutzmittel, wenn diese einen negativen externen Effekt haben, würde die Versicherung positiv wirken. Es ist aber zweifelhaft, ob …
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learning statistics and gives a brief history of mathematics and statistics. He then explains that insurance made the modern … economy possible because it allowed people to take economic risks. He then states that the basic assumptions of insurance are …
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Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply, labor demand, and human capital. Topics discussed also include wage and employment determination, turnover, search, immigration, unemployment, equalizing differences, and...
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increased risk as perceived by utilities, banks and lessors and the unpredictability of those risks as perceived by insurance … higher rate of return obtaining insurance; or some combination of DOE loan guarantee, lease and insurance. No attempt has …
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Today's insurance industry strongly emphasizes developing cost-effective hazard mitigation programs, increasing and … the Insurance Industry.'' Presentations were made by insurance company representatives, insurance trade groups, government … discuss how energy efficiency and renewable technologies can contribute to reducing insurance losses. …
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