Results 111 to 120 of about 418 (215)

Credit market structure and strategic collateral provision

open access: yesThe Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract In a simple lending model with informational asymmetry, we investigate the effect of bank market structure on the amount of collateral provided by firms. We analyze the strategic decision of a potential entrepreneur regarding the amount of wealth to pledge as collateral to secure a loan.
Rosaria Distefano, Francesco Reito
wiley   +1 more source

Distorted distributions and ROC curves

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract We consider new distortion functions based on the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and ordinal dominance (OD) curves. Various stochastic orders and aging properties are characterized by using the interpretation of ROC and OD distortions as cumulative distribution functions of suitable relative random variables.
Marco Capaldo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Tax‐Benefit Systems in Reducing the Gender Income Gap in Latin America

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aims to assess the extent to which cash transfers, direct taxes, and social insurance contributions help to reduce gender income inequalities in seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay.
María Cecilia Deza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proxying credit curves via Wasserstein distances. [PDF]

open access: yesAnn Oper Res, 2022
Michielon M, Khedher A, Spreij P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Crisis of imagination/(re)imaginations for a (climate) crisis

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Abstract This themed intervention emerges from a Chair's Plenary during the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual Conference 2023 on the theme of ‘Climate Changed Geographies’ and addresses geographers and allied social scientists. Drawing on Amitav Ghosh's provocation, it asks if our work on climate change is facing a crisis of imagination ...
Ankit Kumar   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy