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This research investigates the key elements that South African financial servicesfirms consider before making foreign direct investments (FDI) in Sub-SaharanAfrican (SSA) markets. Specifically it aims to establish the order of importance ofthe key factors influencing FDI as well as understanding...
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of cyclones on the demand for private health insurance (PHI) in Australia. We amalgamate a nationally representative …
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source of judgment bias, and (weakly) risk aversion, affect such a project choice. In contrast, wealth does not appear to …
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The proof of the theorem of existence of the ruptures, namely the proof of maximality, is improved. The theorem may be used in economics and explain the well-known problems such as Allais’ paradox. Illustrated examples of ruptures are presented.
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. In most situations, insurance markets are not competitive and risk neutral insurers negotiate under asymmetric … an insurance contract under risk aversion conditions (in static and dynamic approach). Risk aversion influence was …Human behavior, rational or irrational one, influences one of the most complex markets worldwide: the insurance market …
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stocks and quotas to protect her from price risk. The previous futures prices were found to be an unbiased predictor of …
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This paper examines whether the loadings on the crop insurance premium rates for risks such as moral hazard and adverse …% coverage level are not adequate, resulting in losses for the Risk Management Agency. …
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We consider the indifference valuation of an uncertain monetary payoff from the perspective of an uncertainty averse decision maker. We study how the indifference valuation depends on the decision maker’s attitudes toward uncertainty. We obtain a characterization of comparative uncertainty...
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The relevance and the impact of experience in insurance markets are underinvestigated. From Italian farm-level data we … exploratory analysis, allows one to compare how different sources of experience influence the crop insurance decision making … process. We found that direct experience is a catalyst for insurance participation of medium and large farms. The experience …
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It has been said that insurance is the last of the financial services to accept radical change (Denney [1995 … weather volatility and catastrophic risks are difficult to diversify using traditional insurance practices. To provide a map … risks. There are two basic and distinct approaches: statistical and economic. The former is typical of the insurance …
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