Thema Basel II / Risikomanagement.Inzwischen wurden an der Fachhochschule bereits mehrere Forschungsprojektezum Themenkreis …

This paper explores and analyzes farmers’risk perceptions, risk management instruments’ demandand usage in five Member … several sources of farms’ risk and incomeinstability, and at the actual means that farmers pursueto manage and face them. The … second area focuses onthe demand for risk management instruments.The paper’s objective is to determine the factors …

Intermountain West on the economic effectiveness of risk management alternatives in an agricultural operation. This research is not … meant to be an exhaustive comparison of every potential combination of alternatives and risk scenarios. Instead, specific … parameters such as farm size, crops grown, risk attitudes and risk management strategies are set to guide the research and offer …

. 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 …

Chapter 1 analyzes hybrid-trigger CAT bonds, a new CAT bond deal that can reduce basis risk and eliminate moral hazard … basis risk. Simulation results support my analyses. Major findings in this study provide insights to insurers who would … proactively manage the basis risk of CAT bonds. Chapter 2 examines whether the parimutuel mechanism can hedge risk-averse people …

associated with factors related to risk management, strong internal controls and strong corporate governance. To test the … between internal audit and the level of commitment to risk management. However, the study finds only weak support for an …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the impact on bank risk of portfolio diversification between … income and fee income. Further, regression analysis considers bank risk and revenue concentration. Findings – This paper … improving bank risk-return trade-off, these benefits are of second order importance compared to the large negative impact of …