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, supermodularity, monotone comparative statics, background risk, game theory, rationalizability, iterated strict dominance multi …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 …
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In this paper, we extend the debate concerning Credit Default Swap valuation to include time varying correlation and co … approaches. This paper also includes an empirical analysis of the regime switching dynamics of credit risk in the presence of … liquidity by following the general practice of assuming that credit and market risk follow a Markov process. The study was based …
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compare the risk-return tradeoff for six constructed portfolios comprised of emerging markets, developed markets, and the risk … European ETF was used as an alternative developed market, and U.S. treasuries served as a proxy for the risk-free asset. I … found that the diversification benefits of emerging market securities significantly improved the risk-return tradeoff of …
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This paper proposes a parsimonious approach to test non-linear dependence on the conditional mean and variance of hedge funds with respect to several market factors. My approach introduces non-linear dependence by means of empirically relevant polynomial functions of the factors. For comparison...
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Thema Basel II / Risikomanagement.Inzwischen wurden an der Fachhochschule bereits mehrere Forschungsprojektezum Themenkreis …
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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 …
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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 …
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. 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 …
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To improve forecasting accuracy, combine forecasts derived from methods that differ substantially and draw from different sources of information. When feasible, use five or more methods. Use formal procedures to combine forecasts: An equal-weights rule offers a reasonable starting point, and a...
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