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Risk management for whales [PDF]
We propose framework for modeling portfolio risk which integrates market risk with liquidation costs which may arise in stress scenarios. Our model provides a systematic method for computing liquidation-adjusted risk measures for a portfolio. Calculation
Cont, R, Wagalath, L
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Risks in estimating risk [PDF]
This editorial refers to ‘SCORE performance in Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union: MONICA and HAPIEE results’[†][1], by O. Vikhireva et al. , on page 571 ‘Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future’(attributed to Niels Bohr) ‘I told you I was ill’(Spike Milligan's epitaph) The paper by Vikhireva and colleagues1 is a ...
Ian M, Graham, Marie-Therese, Cooney
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Climate Risk Assessment - Charleston County, South Carolina
As a result of climate change, flood risk is expected to increase throughout Charleston County. The probability of the 100-year rainfall event, a useful indicator of flood risk, will likely triple by the mid 21st century.
Woodwell Climate Research Center - Risk Program +2 more
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Political Risk, Economic Risk, and Financial Risk [PDF]
How important is an understanding of country risk for investors? Given the increasingly global nature of investment portfolios, we believe it is very important. Our paper measures the economic content of five different measures of country risk: The International Country Risk Guide is political risk, the financial risk, economic risk and composite risk ...
Claude B. Erb +2 more
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Implicit and explicit risk perception, affect, and trust : an investigation of food "traffic lights" [PDF]
Obesity is a health problem in many developed countries and is a growing problem worldwide. In an effort to improve food choices the "traffic lights" nutritional labelling system has been developed.
Burns, Calvin +2 more
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When society makes a decision about some action (to build a dam or approve a new drug, for example), its choice is usually based on a comparison of risks and benefits. If the latter exceed the former, assuming that risks and benefits accrue to the same person or group, the project goes forward ...
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To Risk or Not to Risk? Risk Management and Farm Productivity [PDF]
AbstractThe impact of risk management on farm productivity is still being debated. Using survey data from French and Hungarian farms, we estimate the impacts of different risk management strategies and portfolios under varying levels of risk on total factor productivity.
Vigani, Mauro, Kathage, Jonas
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The risk of overlooking risks [PDF]
In routine clinical practice, the child and adolescent psychiatrist must take diagnostic and therapeutic decisions in a context of relative “uncertainty”. Indeed, reference frameworks based on solid evidence offer more and more often guidelines for our strategies [1]. Protocols and tools are available in order to improve prescription [2], prediction [3]
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The epidemiologist primarily studies transitions between states of health and disease. The purpose of the present article is to define a foundational parameter for such studies, namely risk. We begin simply and build to the setting in which there is more than 1 event type (i.e., competing risks or competing events), as well as more than 1 treatment or ...
Stephen R, Cole +3 more
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Risks, risk assessment and risk competence in toxicology
Das Verständnis der toxischen Wirkungen von Stoffen setzt ein gutes Verständnis der Physiologie bzw. Biochemie voraus. Das häufig beschriebene mangelnde Verständnis in der Bevölkerung für die Pharmakologie und Toxikologie beruht deshalb zu einem großen Teil auf den mangelnden Kenntnissen der erforderlichen Grundlagen.
Stahlmann, R, Horvath, A
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