Search Results - subject:"buffer"

Disentangling the importance of the precautionary saving motive

Kennickell, Arthur; Lusardi, Annamaria - Center for Financial Studies - 2005

We evaluate the importance of the precautionary saving motive by relying on a direct question about precautionary wealth from the 1995 and 1998 waves of the Survey of Consumer Finances. In this survey, a new question has been designed to elicit the amount of desired precautionary wealth. This...

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Cyclical implications of minimum capital requirements

Heid, Frank - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2005

takes regulatory constraints into account. We find that the capital buffer which banks hold on top of the required minimum …

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Cyclic Railway Timetabling: a Stochastic Optimization Approach

Kroon, L.G.; Dekker, R.; Vromans, M.J.C.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2005

. To that end, a timetable contains buffer times between trains and supplements in running times and dwell times. This … absorb the stochastic disturbances as well as possible. To that end, a timetable contains buffer times between trains and … useful. Free Keywords Railway transportation, Cyclic timetables, Stochastic optimization, Punctuality, Buffer times …

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Ex ante carrots instead of ex post sticks: two examples

Aizenman, Joshua - Santa Cruz Institute for International Economics … - 2005

This paper argues that the limited ability to help developing countries in a crisis should shift the focus to policies helping in reducing the ex ante probability of crises. Indirectly, such policies would also alleviate the depths of realized crises. Two specific ideas are explored: I....

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