fatality probability. Estimation results further suggest that the fatality risk is even higher if the striking vehicle is a … light truck (SUV, pickup truck, or minivan). We calculate that the value of the external risk generated by the gain in fleet …

-contribution (DC) plans that typically contain a minimum benefit guarantee (DC-MB). Risk management techniques must be used to control …-funding is very effective in controlling guarantee costs in traditional DB plans, it is highly ineffective for DC-MB plans. This … the Samp;P500. Calculations show that the true risk-adjusted value of unfunded guarantees in a realistic DC-MB plan equals …

find that clinic violence reduces abortion services in targeted areas. Once travel is taken into account, however, the …

Two central topics in recent rounds of international trade negotiations have been environmental concerns, and services … trade. While each is undoubtedly important, they are unrelated. In this paper I show that the services-environment link is … small, for two reasons. First, services account for only a small fraction of overall pollution. For none of five major air …

have made it possible to trade in some business and computing services that were previously considered non-tradable. This …

A new interest in the role of services in world transactions has been generated by the current efforts of the U. S …. Government to reduce barriers to international trade in services.The paper distinguishes four different classifications of … economic activities between services and corrmodities. Service industries -- those producing non-storable outputs -- have been …

-collar services, or do these issues call for an entirely fresh approach? I try to identifying some of the important aspects of this … offshoring of white-collar services to occur …

This study examines two innovative efforts to provide union services to workers with the aid of low cost Internet … information to improve the services they give workers. Combining the two innovations could be a step toward a new quot …;open sourcequot; union form that provides union services at low cost outside of collective bargaining …