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Fachhochschule des BFI Wien - 2005

Thema Basel II / Risikomanagement.Inzwischen wurden an der Fachhochschule bereits mehrere Forschungsprojektezum Themenkreis …

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Evaluating point-of-sale buying decisions: Understanding why consumers purchase timeshares

Thomas, Lisa Y - 2010

given the option to either purchase a timeshare unit at a discounted price with first-day incentives or to purchase at a … have purchased a timeshare unit over the past three decades (ARDA, 2010).There is relatively little research on purchase … intentions at the time of sale among timeshare owners. Most of the existing research has reported that consumers purchase …

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RISIKOMANAGEMENTINSTRUMENTE IM VERGLEICH: SOLLTE MAN LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHE ERNTEVERSICHERUNGEN SUBVENTIONIEREN? – GUTE ALTE ARGUMENTE IN EINEM NEUEN STREIT

Hirschauer, Norbert; Musshoff, Oliver - 2008

Sowohl Ernteversicherungen als auch „Wetterderivate“ sind neuartigeRisikomanagementinstrumente, die eine Absicherung gegen Schäden aus nichtkatastrophalenWetterereignissen ermöglichen, in Deutschland aber bisher nicht verbreitet sind. Imvorliegenden Beitrag wird mit Hilfe eines...

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German Risk and Insurance Review

Schradin, Heinrich (contributor)

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MANAGING CATASTROPHIC RISK BY ALTERNATIVE RISK TRANSFER INSTRUMENTS

Ou Yang, Chieh - 2010

Chapter 1 analyzes hybrid-trigger CAT bonds, a new CAT bond deal that can reduce basis risk and eliminate moral hazard simultaneously. It is the first research that provides analytical evidence on the condition under which the hybrid trigger has lower basis risk. Simulation results support my...

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The use of internal audit by Australian companies

Goodwin-Stewart, Jenny; Kent, Pamela - 2006

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the voluntary use of internal audit by Australian publicly listed companies and to identify factors that lead listed companies to have an internal audit function.Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on the Institute of Internal Auditors'...

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Bank risk and return: The impact of bank non-interest income

Williams, Barry; Prather, Laurie - 2010

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the impact on bank risk of portfolio diversification between traditional margin income and fee-based income for banks operating in Australia. Design/methodology/approach – Considering several performance variables, this analysis compares the...

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The risks of unbalanced bidding

Cattell, D. W.; Bowen, P. A.; Kaka, A. P. - 2010

Unbalanced bidding models have largely ignored the risk aspect of item pricing. Many researchers have acknowledged that there are considerable risks associated with unbalancing a bid but little has been done to describe these risks, let alone model them. A new framework is proposed by which all...

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The Role of Industry, Geography and Firm Heterogeneity in Credit Risk Diversification

Pesaran, M Hashem; Schuermann, Til; Treutler, Bjorn-Jakob - 2005

In theory the potential for credit risk diversification for banks could be substantial. Portfolio diversification is driven broadly by two characteristics: the degree to which systematic risk factors are correlated with each other and the degree of dependence individual firms have to the...

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Scope for Credit Risk Diversification

Hanson, Samuel; Pesaran, M Hashem; Schuermann, Til - 2005

This paper considers a simple model of credit risk and derives the limit distribution of losses under different assumptions regarding the structure of systematic risk and the nature of exposure or firm heterogeneity. We derive fat-tailed correlated loss distributions arising from Gaussian risk...

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