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A joint model of cost and churn for the insurance industry

Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.
Abstract In insurance markets, claim costs are highly variable, heavy‐tailed, and difficult to predict. At the same time, policyholder retention and lapse behavior (customer churn) are critical determinants of long‐term profitability and solvency. Most existing models in the literature treat claim costs and lapses as independent, overlooking potential ...
Yumo Dong, Edward W. (Jed) Frees, Fei Huang, Francis K. C. Hui, Harald J. van Heerde   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Cross and Conflict: How Do Christians Impact Protest Dynamics?

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between Christian actors, practices, and sacred sites in US protests and demonstrations, focusing on how political ideology shapes conflict outcomes. Using event‐level data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), the analysis explores 63,000 protest events from 2020 to 2024 ...
Joel Day
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Collective Agreements: The Rise of the Wage Cushion in Germany

LABOUR, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Representative establishment data reveal that over 60% of German plants covered by collective agreements pay wages above the level stipulated in the agreements, creating a wage cushion between actual and contractual wages. While collective bargaining coverage has fallen over time, the prevalence of wage cushions has increased, particularly in ...
André Rieder, Claus Schnabel
wiley   +1 more source

AN ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING ADOPTION OF BMPS AMONG LOUISIANA SUGARCANE PRODUCERS

Multivariate probit analysis of BMP adoption, based on Louisiana sugarcane producer data, indicates that education and cost-sharing programs are effective means of increasing adoption rates.
Cardona, Hugo, Henning, Steven A.
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"Multivariate stochastic volatility" [PDF]

We provide a detailed summary of the large and vibrant emerging literature that deals with the multivariate modeling of conditional volatility of financial time series within the framework of stochastic volatility.
Manabu Asai, Siddhartha Chib, Yasuhiro Omori   +2 more
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Solid Biofuel Usage and Households' Behavior Toward Energy Choice in Northwest Ethiopia

Energy Science & Engineering
Energy poverty remains a major challenge of the 21st century. It reflects a trade‐off between satisfying current energy demands and protecting the environment.
Habtamu Setargachew Molla, Zemen Ayalew Ayele, Essa Chanie Mussa, Marelign Adugna Mesele   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting suggestive questioning from cognitions and emotions about child sexual abuse across three study paradigms

Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Although interviews are individual in nature, and suggestiveness is a major pitfall when questioning children, individual differences in interviewer bias and suggestiveness remain understudied. We assessed relationships between Cognitions and Emotions about Child Sexual Abuse (CECSA) with suggestive questioning and bias across three ...
Elsa Gewehr, Marie Merschhemke, Simone Pülschen, Dietrich Pülschen, Renate Volbert   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resource Substitution: Local Governments' Issue Attention and Policy Reinvention

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on policy reinvention, where a government modifies rather than replicates policy innovations introduced by other governments, has progressed significantly, but how it is influenced by the government's issue attention has not been thoroughly examined.
Yingxin Zhang, Yixue Yao, Kaifeng Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Ideology on Trial: How CEO Political Leanings Shape Firms' Propensity to Litigate Over Patents

R&D Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how CEOs' political ideology affects corporate decisions to sue for patent infringement. Integrating upper‐echelons and behavioral‐agency perspectives, we theorize that conservative‐leaning CEOs—marked by heightened threat sensitivity and low tolerance for ambiguity—frame infringement as a looming loss and therefore ...
Ali Radfard, Luca Pistilli
wiley   +1 more source

Unobserved Factors Linking Functional Decline and Depression Among the Oldest Americans

This study considers the dependence between functional decline and depression in a nationally representative sample of older Americans from the Survey on Assets and Health Dynamics among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) covering the years from 1993 to 2002 ...
Obrizan, Maksym
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