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Corporate Management of Highly Dynamic Risks: The Case of Terrorism Insurance in Germany [PDF]

open access: yes
This article extends the theory of corporate risk management to encompass highly dynamic risks. Taking Viscusi' s (1989) prospective reference from the context of individual decision making and applying it to a corporate context we propose a theory of ...
Gas, Bruno   +3 more
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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of Policy-Supported Hog Insurance in Promoting Green Total Factor Productivity: The Case of China during 2005–2021

open access: yesAgriculture
Hog insurance and rural environmental protection are complementary to each other. Studying the environmental effects of hog insurance is imperative for safeguarding food safety and promoting the long-term development of the agricultural insurance ...
Dongli Wu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pricing Equity-Indexed Annuities under Stochastic Interest Rates Using Copulas

open access: yesJournal of Probability and Statistics, 2010
We develop a consistent evaluation approach for equity-linked insurance products under stochastic interest rates. This pricing approach requires that the premium information of standard insurance products is given exogenously. In order to evaluate equity-
Patrice Gaillardetz
doaj   +1 more source

Contractual savings in countries with a small financial sector [PDF]

open access: yes
Countries with small financial systems are generally small economies with a reduced dimension of institutional relationships, a greater concentration of wealth, and a relatively less independent civil service.
Impavido, Gregorio   +2 more
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Topological Properties of International Commodity Market: How Uncertainty Affects the Linkages?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study aims to explore the network topology of the international commodity market by examining the interconnections among 21 commodity futures across various categories, including energy, precious and industrial metals, and agriculture. We analyze the market structure of these commodity futures under both low and high uncertainty conditions
Ibrahim Yagli, Bayram Deviren
wiley   +1 more source

Insurance Literacy and Life-Insurance Purchase Behaviour: A Cognitive–Affective Conceptual Model [PDF]

open access: yesColombo Business Journal
Life insurance is a tool for financial resilience, yet its uptake remains low in many markets. Grounded in the Theory of Planned Behaviour, this paper proposes a conceptual model in which insurance literacy exerts a positive effect on purchase intention,
Dayaratne Perera , Ananda Jayawardena
doaj   +1 more source

Fourier-cosine method for insurance risk theory

open access: yes, 2015
In this thesis, a systematic study is carried out for effectively approximating Gerber-Shiu functions under L´evy subordinator models. It is a hardly touched topic in the recent literature and our approach is via the popular Fourier-cosine method. In theory, classical Gerber-Shiu functions can be expressed in terms of an infinite sum of convolutions ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Risk, Incentives and Insurance: The Pure Theory of Moral Hazard [PDF]

open access: yesThe Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 1983
In this paper, I wish to explore the relationship between risk, insurance, incentives, and imperfect information. Understanding the relationship between these is fundamental, and not only to an understanding of the functioning of insurance markets. The phenomenon of risk and insurance, and the problems which they pose, are pervasive throughout the ...
openaire   +1 more source

A finite-life private-information theory of unsecured consumer debt [PDF]

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The authors present a theory of unsecured consumer debt that does not rely on utility costs of default or on enforcement mechanisms that arise in repeated-interaction settings.
Dean Corbae   +2 more
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