Keyword: economics

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Health State Transitions and Longevity Effects on Retirees’ Optimal Annuitization
Health State Transitions and Longevity Effects on Retirees’ Optimal Annuitization
2017,
The interplay between longevity risk and health state transitions for retirees’...
Mortality Leads and Lags
Mortality Leads and Lags
2017,
Mortality risk varies geographically, especially in the Asia‐Pacific (APAC)...
Dynamic Longevity Hedging in the Presence of Population Basis Risk: A Feasibility Analysis From Technical and Economic Perspectives
Dynamic Longevity Hedging in the Presence of Population Basis Risk: A Feasibility Analysis From Technical and Economic Perspectives
2017,
In this article, we study the feasibility of dynamic longevity hedging with...
On the Failure (Success) of the Markets for Longevity Risk Transfer
On the Failure (Success) of the Markets for Longevity Risk Transfer
2017,
Longevity risk is the chance that people will live longer than expected. That...
Weighing the Risks of Nuclear Energy and Climate Change: Trust in Different Information Sources, Perceived Risks, and Willingness to Pay for Alternatives to Nuclear Power
Weighing the Risks of Nuclear Energy and Climate Change: Trust in Different Information Sources, Perceived Risks, and Willingness to Pay for Alternatives to Nuclear Power
2017,
We examined how individuals perceive nuclear energy in the context of climate change...
Multi-Case Review of the Application of the Precautionary Principle in European Union Law and Case Law
Multi-Case Review of the Application of the Precautionary Principle in European Union Law and Case Law
2017,
The precautionary principle was formulated to provide a basis for political action to...
A Hybrid Methodology for Modeling Risk of Adverse Events in Complex Health-Care Settings
A Hybrid Methodology for Modeling Risk of Adverse Events in Complex Health-Care Settings
2017,
In spite of increased attention to quality and efforts to provide safe medical care,...
Perception of Climate Risk among Rural Farmers in Vietnam: Consistency within Households and with the Empirical Record
Perception of Climate Risk among Rural Farmers in Vietnam: Consistency within Households and with the Empirical Record
2017,
Rural farmers in Vietnamese communes perceive climate risk and potential impacts on...
Disasters as Learning Experiences or Disasters as Policy Opportunities? Examining Flood Insurance Purchases after Hurricanes
Disasters as Learning Experiences or Disasters as Policy Opportunities? Examining Flood Insurance Purchases after Hurricanes
2017,
Flood insurance is a critical risk management strategy, contributing to greater...
Physical distribution, logistics, supply chain management, and the material flow theory: a historical perspective
Physical distribution, logistics, supply chain management, and the material flow theory: a historical perspective
2017,
The evolution from physical distribution to logistics, and then to supply chain...
Collaborative Modelling for Informed Decision Making and Inclusive Water Development
Collaborative Modelling for Informed Decision Making and Inclusive Water Development
2017,
Ensuring availability and adequate management of water and sanitation for all is one...
The Environmental Costs of Water Flow Regulation: an Innovative Approach Based on the ‘Polluter Pays’ Principle
The Environmental Costs of Water Flow Regulation: an Innovative Approach Based on the ‘Polluter Pays’ Principle
2017,
The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) explicitly requires the full cost recovery of...
Review of Barriers to Green Building Adoption
Review of Barriers to Green Building Adoption
2017,
The need to implement sustainable development (SD) in the construction industry has...
The Imperatives of Sustainable Development
The Imperatives of Sustainable Development
2017,
The United Nations sustainable development goals are under fire. By attempting to...
Mapping public procurement practices in India
Mapping public procurement practices in India
2017,
Public expenditure and hence a good public procurement (PP) practices are...
Enhancing the performance of micro, small and medium sized cluster organisation through lean implementation
Enhancing the performance of micro, small and medium sized cluster organisation through lean implementation
2017,
Lean management principles are developed from Toyota production system (TPS)...
Short-Term Stock Price Prediction Based on Limit Order Book Dynamics
Short-Term Stock Price Prediction Based on Limit Order Book Dynamics
2017,
Interaction of capital market participants is a complicated dynamic process. A...
Do Media Data Help to Predict German Industrial Production?
Do Media Data Help to Predict German Industrial Production?
2017,
In an uncertain world, decisions by market participants are based on expectations....
Forecasting with Specification-Switching VARs
Forecasting with Specification-Switching VARs
2017,
The specification choices of vector autoregressions (VARs) in forecasting are often...
Consistency as a Signal of Skills
Consistency as a Signal of Skills
2017,
This paper studies the role of consistency as a signaling device. We propose a...
Process True Capability Evaluation with the Consideration of Measurement System Variability and Expected Quality Loss
Process True Capability Evaluation with the Consideration of Measurement System Variability and Expected Quality Loss
2017,
Process capability indices are widely computed under the assumption that the...
Fast binomial procedures for pricing Parisian/ParAsian options
Fast binomial procedures for pricing Parisian/ParAsian options
2017,
The discrete procedures for pricing Parisian/ParAsian options depend, in general, on...
Why do we examine calendar anomalies only in financial markets? Month effect evidence from the Greek banking industry
Why do we examine calendar anomalies only in financial markets? Month effect evidence from the Greek banking industry
2017,
Calendar anomalies (CAs) have been puzzling financial economists and practitioners for...
A distance learning university and its economic impact in a country’s peripheries: the case of Hellenic Open University
A distance learning university and its economic impact in a country’s peripheries: the case of Hellenic Open University
2017,
Higher education institutions can contribute into regional growth via the services of...
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