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International Risk Sharing and Globalization [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012
The main research question of this empirical work is whether or not globalization, in its various forms, has had an impact upon international risk sharing. The empirical literature so far has only investigated on one aspect of globalization: economic and financial integration.
Pierucci, Eleonora, Ventura, Luigi
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Social networks and ex post risk management among smallholder farmers in Kenya

Development Studies Research, 2019
Smallholder farmers in developing countries are vulnerable to idiosyncratic and covariate risks. The risks affect their welfare through the shocks they impose on income, assets, health and food supply.
Mercy Mbugua, Jonathan Nzuma, Elijah Muange   +2 more
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Trade Integration and Risk Sharing [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2002
What are the effects of increased trade in goods and services on the trade balance? We study the effects of reducing transport costs in a Ricardian model with complete asset markets and find that this increases the volatility of the trade balance.
Aart Kraay, Jaume Ventura
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Dynamic Incentive Design in Public Transit Subsidization Under Double Moral Hazard: A Continuous-Time Principal-Agent Approach

Systems
Public transit subsidization often suffers from a double (or bilateral) moral hazard problem, where both regulators and operators may reduce their efforts due to information asymmetry, thereby compromising service quality despite significant public ...
Xuli Wen, Xin Chen, Yue Fei
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Why are risk-sharing rules uncertain? A sociological study of local financial governance

The Journal of Chinese Sociology, 2022
This article discusses the uncertainty of risk-sharing rules in local financial governance. That is, when the formal risk-sharing rules of financial transactions are agreed upon in advance, actual operations are uncertain.
Jinglin Xiang, Zeqi Qiu, Xiang Zhang
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Heterogeneity in the Global Practice of Central Nervous System Staging in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is assessed by cell counting and cytomorphology from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and is used for treatment stratification worldwide. The ratio of “CNS2” patients in clinical trials ranges from 3% to 40%, with unclear prognostic significance ...
Laura Almási, Bernadett Borbála Huszti, Gábor Barna, Marko Kavcic, Janez Jazbec, Lennart Lenk, Vera Münch, Sophia Polychronopoulou, Ágnes Márk, Maria Thastrup, Lüder H. Meyer, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Cornelia Eckert, Christina Halsey, Dániel J. Erdélyi   +14 more
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The Role of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Ataxia‐Telangiectasia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ataxia‐telangiectasia (A‐T) is a DNA repair disorder characterized by neurodegeneration, immunodeficiency, and cancer predisposition. Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an established therapy in related disorders such as Fanconi anemia (FA) and Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS), but its role in A‐T is unclear.
Laila Alkhouli, Seth Rotz, Masatoshi Takagi, Richa Sharma   +3 more
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Islamic Finance and Socioeconomic Empowerment, Lessons for Uganda: A Systematic Literature Review

Interdisciplinary Journal of Education
Despite ongoing global and national efforts to promote inclusive development, socioeconomic empowerment in Uganda remains limited, particularly among marginalized groups. This review synthesizes global evidence on Islamic finance and extracts key lessons
Hakimu Buyondo, Jamil Serwanga, Twaha Ahmed Kasule   +2 more
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International dynamic risk sharing [PDF]

Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2008
AbstractIn this paper we examine the implications of international risk sharing among a set of countries in the presence of market frictions which complicate the instantaneous adjustment to the first‐order conditions. We suggest approximating the consumption streams of countries belonging to the risk sharing coalition in terms of a disequilibrium ...
CAVALIERE, GIUSEPPE, FANELLI, LUCA, GARDINI, ATTILIO   +2 more
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Increased Risk of Sarcomas in Children With Congenital Anomalies: Findings From the Genetic Overlap Between Anomalies and Cancer in Kids (GOBACK) Registry Linkage Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that contribute disproportionately to cancer mortality in children. Although congenital anomalies are among the strongest known risk factors for childhood cancer, the risk of specific sarcoma subtypes among affected individuals has not yet been thoroughly evaluated. Procedure We
Russ Wolters, Ji Yun Tark, Tiffany M. Chambers, Tania A. Desrosiers, Michael E. Scheurer, Charles Shumate, Wendy N. Nembhard, Mahsa M. Yazdy, Eirini Nestoridi, Amanda E. Janitz, Jean Paul Tanner, Russell S. Kirby, Jason L. Salemi, Yao Yu, Chad D. Huff, Sharon E. Plon, Philip J. Lupo, Jeremy M. Schraw   +17 more
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