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Experiential Learning, Narrative‐Based Learning, and Insurance Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Kenya

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We compare the impact of two extension modalities on knowledge accumulation and willingness to pay for a weather index insurance product among smallholder farmers in Kenya. One approach to extension is based on experiential learning and involves participation in an incentivized framed experiment (or game).
Jamleck Osiemo, Francesco Cecchi, Erwin Bulte, Caroline Mwongera   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

5th Conference in Actuarial Science & Finance on Samos, September 4-7, 2008 [PDF]

, 2008
D Louvain
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FEATURES OF USING VBA IN TEACHING ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS

Фізико-математична освіта
The article is devoted to the analysis of practice of application of specific computational techniques within MS Excel, including VBA, for teaching selected topics in actuarial mathematics. Formulation of the problem.
Volodymyr Zubchenko, Rostyslav Yamnenko
doaj   +3 more sources

Pancreatic resection for metachronous colorectal cancer metastases: a case series multicenter study

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Pancreas resection for metachronous colorectal cancer metastasis is episodic and the role of surgery in the management of these patients is still debated. Methods We recruited seven patients from three different centres and analyzed 30‐day morbidity and mortality, oncological outcomes at 6 and 12 months.
Francesco Palmieri, Francesco Lancellotti, Francesco Ferrara, Thomas Satyadas, Davide Gobatti, Luis Felipe Abreu de Carvalho, Filip Gryspeerdt, Grazia Conte, Federico Mocchegiani, Roberto Sampietro, Pierpaolo Sileri   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

How data or error covariance can change and still retain BLUEs as well as their covariance or the sum of squares of errors

Australian &New Zealand Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.
Summary Misspecification of the error covariance in linear models usually leads to incorrect inference and conclusions. We consider two linear models, A$$ \mathcal{A} $$ and B$$ \mathcal{B} $$, with the same design matrix but different error covariance matrices. The conditions under which every representation of the best linear unbiased estimator (BLUE)
Stephen J. Haslett, Jarkko Isotalo, Augustyn Markiewicz, Simo Puntanen   +3 more
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Evaluating Nonprice Terms to Ration Microfinance Loans Based on Expected Loan Loss Function

Journal of Applied Mathematics
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) play a unique role in the financial sector, using an alternative financial intermediation system (business model) to provide banking services to the marginalized.
Enoch Sakyi-Yeboah, Umoro Pharuk Salifu, Samuel Asante Gyamerah, Perpetual Andam Boiquaye   +3 more
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Remark on the note of Jiří Seitz in “Actuarial Sciences” No 4, 1950, p. 137 [PDF]

, 1951
Václav Hruška
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The pace and shape of ant ageing

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ants have been proposed as good models to study ageing and the effects of extrinsic mortality because of their long lifespans and plasticity of ageing within species. We discuss how age‐dependent extrinsic mortality might influence queen lifespan, and how the effect of age‐independent extrinsic mortality needs further study, accounting for ...
Luisa M. Jaimes‐Nino, Jan Oettler
wiley   +1 more source

A Cost of Misclassification Adjustment Approach for Estimating Optimal Cut-Off Point for Classification

Journal of Probability and Statistics
Classification is one of the main areas of machine learning, where the target variable is usually categorical with at least two levels. This study focuses on deducing an optimal cut-off point for continuous outcomes (e.g., predicted probabilities ...
O.-A. Ampomah, R. Minkah, G. Kallah-Dagadu, E. N. N. Nortey   +3 more
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Faculty Position in Actuarial Science [PDF]

, 2000

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