This paper introduces a bivariate version of the generalized accelerated failure time model. It allows for simultaneity in the econometric sense that the two realized outcomes depend structurally on each other. Another feature of the proposed model is that it will generate equal durations with...

In the context of insurance industry, we provide a theoretical and empirical framework to analyze the tradeoffs between three fundamental goals of business: growth, profitability, and safety. Insurers balance on premium and underwriting standards to optimize one goal constrained by the other...

Corruption is perceived to be a major factor hindering sustainable development all around the globe. The aim of this paper is to shed light on the corruption-sustainable development nexus from the perspective of select 47 countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)....

We propose a multiplex interdependent durations model with incomplete information structure. The model considers an empirical stopping game involving multiple agents making timing decisions. We characterize the unique Bayesian Nash equilibrium of the stopping game and show that the...