A probabilistic model is presented to obtain a realistic estimate of earthquake insurance rates for reinforced concrete buildings in Turkey. The model integrates information on seismic hazard and information on expected earthquake damage on engineering facilities in a systematic way, yielding to...

There is a longstanding controversy over precisely what it is that banks produce. However, there is little evidence on the sensitivity of bank cost efficiency results when different output definitions are applied. This paper does exactly that. In particular, we compare nonparametric efficiency...

In order to observe the structural changes of the export specialization processes in Romanian regions, compared to the European Union (EU-27) during the 2000-2011, I used the regional and EU data pertaining to exports organized on sections of the Combined Nomenclature. The analysis involved,...

In order to observe the structural changes of the export specialization processes in Romanian regions, compared to the European Union (EU-27) during the 2000-2011, I used the regional and EU data pertaining to exports organized on sections of the Combined Nomenclature. The analysis involved,...