Browsing by Subject "Risk"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)This dissertation is concerned with the efficient allocation of risk bearing, and the corresponding efficient distribution of profits, in economies where individuals are differentiated by their preferences towards risk. ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)Much previous research exists concerning auditor judgment in a variety of judgment settings. However, the research reported in this dissertation investigates the judgments made by auditors concerning the perceived level ...
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(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, ...
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(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 ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)The purpose of this dissertation is to examine a multinational firm operating in competitive input and output markets facing exchange rate risk in both output price and the price of one input. An expected utility analysis ...
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(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 ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)Gambling is a near universal past time that takes on many varied and interesting market forms. One such interesting market is the handicap wager market for football bets, an organized market in which bets are placed on ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2014-02-01)One random variable is larger than another in the increasing convex order if that random variable is preferred or indifferent to the other by all decision makers with increasing and convex utility functions. Decision makers ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981)Uncertainty and its effects is a topic in economics that has received increasing attention in the last few years. One area of this topic that is becoming more important is the study of the cause and effects of inflation ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1978)This study is concerned with Knightian uncertainty as a viable concept in individual behavior. Events can be categorized under the headings of certainty, risk, and uncertainty. In terms of probability, a certain event has ...
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(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. ...
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(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, ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...