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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

Direct and indirect mapping of the 12-item Short Form Survey version 2 (SF-12v2) onto the EQ-5D-5L utility scores in general Thai population. [PDF]

PLoS One
Kangwanrattanakul K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Innovation in Family Firms: The Role of Absorptive Capacity and Knowledge Collaboration

Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While prior research suggests that family ownership can significantly facilitate sales and innovation, empirical findings often overlook the nuanced differences in innovation inputs between family and non‐family firms. We address this gap by examining the extent to which family firms are able to use absorptive capacity by creating knowledge ...
David Bruce Audretsch, Maksim Belitski, Christina Guenther, Natalia Vershinina   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technical efficiency analysis of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund for the funded primary health care facilities in Nigeria. [PDF]

BMC Prim Care
Oluwatola T, Ayodeji O, Ebinim H, Omeje O, Isiaka SD, Oni F, Sampson S, Ngobua S, Samuel OW, Dehinbo O, Ajibola D, Adenipekun S, Olatunji O, Ken-Aminikpo L, Ukoh H, Okagbue HI.   +15 more
europepmc   +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

Tobit modeling for dependent-sample t-tests and moderated regression with ceiling or floor data. [PDF]

Behav Res Methods
Wang L, Li R.
europepmc   +1 more source

THE FATHERS, COMPUTERS AND US

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay, designed as a complement to opinions expressed by Rowan Williams and some speakers at the conference in his honour, explores features of early Christianity which suggest a positive evaluation of artificial intelligence. Noting that the fear of reducing humans to machines has been joined in the modern age by the fear that machines ...
Mark J. Edwards
wiley   +1 more source

Improving accuracy in genome-wide association studies: a two-step approach for handling below limit of detection biomarker measurements. [PDF]

NAR Genom Bioinform
Deng YA, Karlsson T, Johansson Å.
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding Corporate Criminal Careers: Insights From a Systematic Narrative Review of Longitudinal Studies

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In a systematic narrative review of 33 longitudinal corporate crime studies, we identify and describe corporate criminal career dimensions: participation, frequency, crime mix, and duration. Themes and patterns across data sources are assessed, including information collected that informs a corporate criminal career perspective and what ...
Marieke H. A. Kluin, Natalie Schell‐Busey, Sally S. Simpson, Jordan M. Pierce   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gendered dimensions of sustainable land management: Evidences from farm size and training effects on willingness to pay in Ghana's Volta Region. [PDF]

PLoS One
Fiagborlo JD, Nyatuame M, Ntoko SA.
europepmc   +1 more source