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Evaluating roadside rockmasses for rockfall hazards using LiDAR data: optimizing data collection and processing protocols

Lato, Matthew; Diederichs, Mark; Hutchinson, D.; Harrap, Rob - In: Natural Hazards 60 (2012) 3, pp. 831-864

Highways and railroads situated within rugged terrain are often subjected to the hazard of rockfalls. The task of assessing roadside rockmasses for potential hazards typically involves an on-site visual investigation of the rockmass by an engineer or geologist. At that time, numerous parameters...

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Tsunami Hazard and Risk in Canada

Clague, John; Munro, Adam; Murty, Tad - In: Natural Hazards 28 (2003) 2, pp. 435-463

at greatest risk from tsunamis because of the high incidence of earthquakes and landslides in that region. The most … edge of the Grand Banks. The tsunami risk along Canada's Arctic coast and along the shores of the Great Lakes is low in … comparison to that of the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Public awareness of tsunami hazard and risk in Canada is low because …

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Indicators of road network vulnerability to storm-felled trees

Nyberg, Rolf; Johansson, Magnus - In: Natural Hazards 69 (2013) 1, pp. 185-199

In this paper, we exemplify the use of simple indicators of wind storm vulnerability of the road network that can be derived from existing geographic datasets. We point out the possible utilization of the datasets, applying GIS techniques, for highlighting road sections that, due to adjacency of...

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Exploring multicriteria flood vulnerability by integrating economic, social and ecological dimensions of flood risk and coping capacity: from a starting point view towards an end p...

Scheuer, Sebastian; Haase, Dagmar; Meyer, Volker - In: Natural Hazards 58 (2011) 2, pp. 731-751

, social and ecological dimension of risk and coping capacity. We start with an existing multicriteria risk mapping approach …. The term risk is used here in a way that could be called a starting point view, looking at vulnerability without … of vulnerability. In doing so, we explore a way to differentiate coping capacity from flood risk in each of the …

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Variations of the Cox-Ross-Rubinstein model – conservative pricing strategies

Wrede, Marcus; Schmitz, Norbert - In: Computational Statistics 53 (2001) 3, pp. 505-515

Binomial models of n-period financial markets are of considerable practical and theoretical interest since they allow, due to their completeness, hedging strategies and pricing formulas. Here we derive several maximum properties of these models within the class of models with general exponential...

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An experimental investigation of insurance decisions in low probability and high loss risk situations

Ozdemir, Ozlem; Morone, Andrea - In: Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination 9 (2014) 1, pp. 53-67

This experimental study investigates insurance decisions in low-probability, high-loss risk situations. Results … individuals are risk averse with no specific threshold probability. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 …

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Learning and Technological Progress in Dynamic Games

Mirman, Leonard; Santugini, Marc - In: Dynamic Games and Applications 4 (2014) 1, pp. 58-72

We study investment and consumption decisions in a dynamic game under learning. To that end, we present a model in which agents not only extract a resource for consumption but also invest in technology to improve the future stock. At the same time, the agents learn about the stochastic process...

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CONVERGENCE OF FINANCIAL MARKET SEGMENTS: INSURANCE AND CAPITAL MARKET

Alexandru, Ciprian Antoniade; Constantinescu, Dan - Facultatea de Ştiinţe Economice, Universitatea … - 2013

It is a well-known aspect that the different segments of financial market don’t work distinctly. The specific phenomena and processes of a certain area are strongly influenced by the adjacent area’s evolution and, in the same manner, these are influencing the related activity segments. This...

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A Risk and Profitability Approach to Bank Performance Measurement: The Case of Turkish Commercial Banks

Eken, M. Hasan - In: Istanbul Stock Exchange Review 8 (2008) 29, pp. 15-38

In this paper a risk-profitability approach is used to measure the performance of local and foreign commercial banks … be different risk measures of banks. …

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The Differential Effects of Law, Culture and Political Risk on Fees, Performance and Risk-Taking Behavior of Islamic and Conventional Funds

Mehri, Meryem - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014

, and political risk affect the performance, risk-taking behavior and compensation fees of mutual funds. Overall, the … results show strongly that legal conditions, culture, and political risk have robust differential effects on fees, performance … and risk-taking behavior of Islamic funds and conventional funds. We find that Islamic mutual funds in countries with …

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