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Partial insurance, information and consumption dynamics [PDF]
This paper uses panel data on household consumption and income to evaluate the degree of insurance to income shocks. Our aim is to describe the transmission of income inequality into consumption inequality.
Ian Preston +2 more
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Machine Learning-Based Elastic Cloud Resource Provisioning in the Solvency II Framework [PDF]
, 2016 The Solvency II Directive (Directive 2009/138/EC) is a European Directive issued in November 2009 and effective from January 2016, which has been enacted by the European Union to regulate the insurance and reinsurance sector through the discipline of ...
Casarano, Giuseppe +5 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
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Payroll Taxes, Social Insurance and Business Cycles [PDF]
Payroll taxes represent a major distortionary influence of governments on labor markets. This paper examines the role of payroll taxation and the social safety net for cyclical fluctuations in a nonmonetary economy with labor market frictions and ...
Burda, Michael C., Weder, Mark
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Takaful in Pakistan and Somalia: A Comparative Study of Regulatory Evolution and Market Development
el-AqwalIslamic insurance (takaful) is practiced in both Somalia and Pakistan; however, the two countries differ markedly in their regulatory frameworks, operational models, and levels of market penetration, while also sharing certain structural similarities ...
Muhammad Akbar Khan +1 more
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Carpooling Liability?: Applying Tort Law Principles to the Joint Emergence of Self-Driving Automobiles and Transportation Network Companies [PDF]
, 2017 Self-driving automobiles have emerged as the future of vehicular travel, but this innovation is not developing in isolation. Simultaneously, the popularity of transportation network companies functioning as ride-hailing and ride-sharing services have ...
Walpert, Jacob D.
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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun +2 more
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Information Asymmetry, Insurance, and the Decision to Hospitalize [PDF]
We analyze the effects of various kinds of demand- and supply-side incentives in the context of a model in which patients and doctors must decide not only on an aggregate quantity of health services to use in treating various kinds of illness, but also ...
Pierre Thomas Léger, Åke Blomqvist
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Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in the Era of Robotics: Evolution, Eclipse, or Equilibrium?
Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Minimally invasive colorectal surgery has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past three decades. Laparoscopy, once viewed with skepticism, is now firmly established as a standard approach, supported by robust randomized trials demonstrating oncologic safety and improved recovery compared to open surgery.
Amanjeet Singh +3 more
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Policy Announcements and Welfare [PDF]
In the presence of idiosyncratic risk, the public revelation of information about uncertain aggregate outcomes such as policy choices can be detrimental to social welfare.
Christian A. Stoltenberg, Vadym Lepetyuk
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