Browsing by Subject "Risk"
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An Economic Analysis of U.S. Farm Programs Including Senate and House Farm Bills on Representative Farms
(2013-04-23)Agricultural policy continues to play a large role in risk reduction for agricultural producers in the United States. However, current budget deficits and growing national debt has many policy makers looking for ways to ... -
Analyzing risk and uncertainty for improving water distribution system security from malevolent water supply contamination events
(2009-05-15)Previous efforts to apply risk analysis for water distribution systems (WDS) have not typically included explicit hydraulic simulations in their methodologies. A risk classification scheme is here employed for identifying ... -
Causal Network Methods for Integrated Project Portfolio Risk Analysis
(2014-08-06)Corporate portfolio risk analysis is of primary concern for many organizations, as the success of strategic objectives greatly depends on an accurate risk assessment. Current risk analysis methods typically involve statistical ... -
Critical Analysis of “At-Risk” Policy Discourse: Implications for Administrators and Teachers
(2010-10-12)While No Child Left Behind (NCLB) provides a mechanism for holding states, local education agencies (LEA), and schools accountable to improve academic achievement for all students, policy itself has done little to include ... -
A design approach to a risk review for fuel cell-based distributed cogeneration systems
(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)A risk review of a fuel cell-based distributed co-generation (FC-Based DCG) system was conducted to identify and quantify the major technological system risks in a worst-case scenario. A risk review entails both a risk ... -
Economics of Plant Energy Savings Projects in a Changing Market
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2011)Energy prices have exhibited significant volatility in recent years. For example, natural gas prices ranged from $4 to $15 per MM BTU's in calendar years 2005 through 2011. Future prices are uncertain but are likely to ... -
Engineering Geologic Assessment of Risk to Visitors: Canyon Lake Gorge, Texas
(2010-07-14)Presented here are the results of a study of geological hazards conducted in Canyon Lake Gorge of Central Texas. Canyon Lake Gorge formed in 2002 when the emergency spillway of Canyon Lake was overtopped. Since that time, ... -
Essays on Risk Management Modeling with Applications to Energy Markets
(2017-04-24)The dissertation consists of three essays, addressing different aspects of risk management in multi-commodity setting with application to energy markets. The effectiveness of traditional and alternative hedging strategies ... -
Fear of Reporting Bad News: Why Risk and Loss Aversion Can Tempt Top Executives to Create Information Asymmetry
(2009-06-24)Top executives sometimes attempt to create information asymmetry through corporate reporting manipulation. In the United States, one method was not to report financials in certain quarters (this was a legal option before ... -
LRFD Calibration of Bridge Foundations Subjected to Scour and Risk Analysis
(2013-04-30)Bridge scour is the loss of soil by erosion due to water flowing around bridge supports. Scour has been the number one cause of bridge collapse in the United States with an average rate of 22 bridges collapsing each year. ... -
Modeling Economic Resilience and Animal Disease Outbreaks in the Texas High Plains
(2012-02-14)Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) could have a significant impact on the U.S. agriculture industry and the welfare of U.S. producers and U.S. consumers. In order to address the potential impact from animal disease outbreaks, ... -
Modeling Risks in Infrastructure Asset Management
(2012-10-19)The goal of this dissertation research is to model risk in delivery, operation and maintenance phases of infrastructure asset management. More specifically, the two main objectives of this research are to quantify and ... -
Optimal Joint Program Election in Stacked Income Protection Plan for Upland Cotton Producers in Texas
(2015-12-11)To achieve the goal of the 2014 Farm Bill, many programs (direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, and ACRE) that relied on market trends were replaced with other types of risk management tools. Upland cotton producers ... -
Participants and Information Outcomes in Planning Organizations
(2012-10-19)This research presents empirical evidence and interpretation about the effects of planning participants and contextual factors on information selection in public organizations. The study addresses important research ... -
Predicting the Introduction and Transmission of Rift Valley Fever Virus in the United States
(2014-12-09)Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne virus in the family Bunyaviridae that has spread throughout continental Africa to Madagascar and the Arabian Peninsula. The establishment of RVFV in North America would ... -
Risk assessment of runoff on a range watershed in Brazos County, Texas
(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)A drip type rainfall simulator and an existing watershed study were used to assess relationships between runoff, infiltration, erosion and associated risk thresholds on a range watershed in Brazos County, Texas. The focus ... -
Risk assessment of surface vs subsea blowout preventers (bops) on mobile offshore drilling units focusing on riser failure and the use of subsea shear rams
(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)The use of a slim, high-pressure drilling riser for surface blowout preventer operations in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico was assessed as an alternative to conventional drilling procedures from floating units. Comparison ... -
The Volatility of Liquidity and Expected Stock Returns
(2011-07-29)The pricing of total liquidity risk is studied in the cross-section of stock returns. The study suggests that there is a positive relation between total volatility of liquidity and expected returns. Our measure of liquidity ... -
Wilderness Accidents as Complex Life Events in Cognitive, Social, and Recreational Life Domains: Application of a Stress-Coping Model
(2015-08-12)A wilderness accident can be an unfortunate outcome for outdoor recreationists participating in risk-related recreation or outdoor adventure pursuits. Some pursuits in certain environments or conditions increase the ...