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Cross‐Prudence and Optimal Prevention

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we study optimal prevention in the presence of a correlated nonfinancial background risk. Under positive correlation, cross‐prudence in the nonfinancial attribute reduces optimal prevention. We establish this result in the most direct extension of the standard prevention problem with binary marginal distributions and show that ...
Jingyuan Li, Richard Peter, Lin Zhou
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling the effects of vector species composition and temperature on the risk of dengue virus. [PDF]

open access: yesBull Math Biol
Robertson SL   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What Explains Growing Gender and Racial Education Gaps?

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study why US college graduation gaps by gender and race widened across cohorts. We develop a dynamic life‐cycle model with endogenous education, labor supply, marriage, fertility, and welfare participation. Preferences are fixed across cohorts and race/ethnic groups; changes arise from family background, labor‐market opportunities, and ...
Zvi Eckstein   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Goodness‐of‐Fit Tests for Positive Quadrant Dependence

open access: yesInternational Statistical Review, EarlyView.
Summary When two random variables are positive quadrant dependent (PQD), they are more likely to assume small (or large) values simultaneously compared with when the random variables are independent. This dependence structure is of interest in many areas, including finance, actuarial science and engineering.
Chuan‐Fa Tang, Joshua M. Tebbs
wiley   +1 more source

Clustering All‐Cause Mortality Data: A Review

open access: yesInternational Statistical Review, EarlyView.
Summary Mortality data are relevant to demography, public health and actuarial science; such data are high‐dimensional, making broad patterns difficult to identify. Clustering is increasingly used to reveal such patterns, yet a review of its application to all‐cause mortality with a focus on country‐level data is lacking.
Pedro Menezes de Araújo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence and Nursing: Freedom From the Mundane or Subservience to a New Nobility

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore the notion of post‐humanism and the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on society, nursing and healthcare. Design Discursive paper. Methods Critical reflection on concepts relating to post‐humanism and the impact of AI, sourced from contemporary and established literature. Data Sources Information was drawn from a wide range
David A. Richards
wiley   +1 more source

Simulating the landscape eco-evolution of host-pathogen systems with CDMetaPOP.

open access: yesEcol Inform
Landguth EL   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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