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Social Security, Differential Fertility, and the Dynamics of the Earnings Distribution
Zhao, Kai - 2009
Economists and demographers have long argued that fertility differs by income (differential fertility), and that social security creates incentives for people to rear fewer children. Does the effect of social security on fertility differ by income? How does social security change the...
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A day with Dr. Peter F. Drucker: business and management, volume XV, tape II
Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand)
During Peter Drucker’s talk entitled "From Counting to Measurements" he discusses accounting and measurement. During his lecture, he talks about: activity based accounting, the Coca-Cola Company and independent bottlers, automobile companies, the cluster concept, Procter & Gamble and Sam...
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Social security reform with imperfect substitution between less and more experienced workers
Rojas Blaya, Juan Alberto - 2008
In this paper we study the quantitative properties of a policy reform aimed at funding the pension system in the standard model economy with perfect substitution across workers with different experience levels and a model economy where this substitutability is imperfect. With compulsory...
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The dynamic effect of public expenditure shocks in the United States
Párraga Rodríguez, Susana - 2016
Este trabajo estima el efecto agregado dinámico de shocks exógenos a dos componentes clave del gasto público en Estados Unidos, las transferencias de renta y el gasto gubernamental en bienes y servicios. La estrategia de identificación instrumenta los shocks estructurales al gasto público...
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Submission to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee – Inquiry Into the Effects of Climate Change on Training and Employment Needs
Hampson, Keith D.; Furneaux, Craig W.; Scuderi, Peter - 2008
the built environment. The planned successor to this CRC – the Sustainable Built Environment Centre will further progress environmental sustainability for the built environment as the Centre’s future is confirmed in early 2009. We would like to thank the Senate Committee for the opportunity...
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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 … basis risk. Simulation results support my analyses. Major findings in this study provide insights to insurers who would … proactively manage the basis risk of CAT bonds. Chapter 2 examines whether the parimutuel mechanism can hedge risk-averse people …
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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 … basis risk. Simulation results support my analyses. Major findings in this study provide insights to insurers who would … proactively manage the basis risk of CAT bonds. Chapter 2 examines whether the parimutuel mechanism can hedge risk-averse people …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439051
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Climate change, carbon prices and insurance systems
Phelan, Liam; Henderson-Sellers, Ann; Taplin, Ros - 2010
attributable near future losses; and (ii) applying Fraction Attributable Risk (FAR) analysis to determine the contribution of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441812
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND PRODUCTION RISK IN CHINESE AQUACULTURE
Holst, Rainer; Yu, Xiaohua - 2010
contributions of both regular input factors and climate factors to mean output and to production risk in Chinese inland aquaculture … annual average temperatures will increase mean output and decrease production risk, an increase in temperature variability … will reduce mean output and cause a higher level of production risk. The corresponding measures of precipitation however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442668
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ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF CAP-AND-TRADE CLIMATE POLICY ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS: A POLICY SIMULATION WITH FARMER PREFERENCES AND ADAPTATION
Jiang, Yong; Koo, Won W. - 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine the possible local impacts of cap-and-trade climate policy on agricultural producers in the Northern Plains. This study explicitly considers farmer behavior with respect to agricultural opportunity in carbon offset provision and ability of adaptation to...
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