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Showing 1 to 20 of 156 for “"Financial Risk"”.
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Gender and Financial Risk Aversion
… of the effect of gender in the process of financial decision making and investment decision making in particular, under uncertainty. In terms of investment decisions, researchers have linked investors’ risk aversion to several individual characteristics of theirs, such as their age, their …
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Three Essays on Modeling Financial Risk and Pricing Financial Assets
… function. The drift function under the risk neutral measure is estimated and compared with that estimated under the real measure, providing an estimate of the risk premium function based on historical data.
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Financial risk exposures in the airline industry : case of South African Airlines
… of this dissertation is to analyse the impact of financial risk factors, including interest rate exposures, currency fluctuations, and fuel price changes on the airline industry. This study investigates risk exposures in the South African airline industry and uses data on South African Airways …
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An examination of bond rating, beta and value-at-risk as financial risk measures.
… by rating agencies based on the company's past financial performance, management plan, and industry outlook. From the Agency Theory perspective, a downgrade is an opinion of a rating agency, and thus its announcement is always accompanied by its reasons. From the Efficient Market Hypothesis …
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Financial Risk Protection, Decomposition and Inequality Analysis of Household Out-of-Pocket Health Payments
… policy makers to cushion households against the financial costs associated with the consumption of medical care – something that is likely to influence the distribution of household OOP. Whether, this indeed has been the case remains relatively unknown. Within the scope of the investigation, this …
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The Development of the Risky Financial Behavior Scale: A Measure of Financial Risk Tolerance
… for a more comprehensive instrument to measure risk tolerance in human financial decision making studies. The traditional economic method and the more recent psychometric method of examining risk tolerance were both reviewed in the study. The purpose of this thesis was the initial development …
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Corporate environmental performance and its impact on financial performance and financial risk: Evidence from Australia
… Performance (CEP) and its impact on Corporate Financial Performance (CFP). The first essay is entitled “Emission Indices for Hazardous Substances: An Alternative Measure of Corporate Environmental Performance”. This essay reviewed significant interdisciplinary research and concluded that firm …
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An investigation into the adequacy and usefulness of financial risk disclosures in listed South African banks
The proliferation of financial instruments in recent years has renewed the interest in financial risk disclosure and reporting. South Africa in particular has been exposed not only to the increased variety of derivative products, but has recently been re-entered to the world economy. This has …
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Towards universal health coverage: Exploring healthcare-related financial risk protection for the informal sector in Kenya
… equitable and accessible for all, without the risk of financial catastrophe when paying for the services. A key element of UHC reforms is to move away from out-of-pocket payments for health services towards a greater emphasis on mandatory prepayment health financing. The main challenge for low- …
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Sensitivity of measuring the progress in financial risk protection to varied survey instruments: A case study of Ghana
… of health accounts, limit the tracking of financial resources, and make international comparisons extremely difficult. This study assessed the sensitivity of estimates of out-of-pocket health payments and catastrophic health expenditure to the choice of survey instruments. The study used a …
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Impact of financial risk on U.S. apparel buyers' need for information sources and information on product characteristics and vendor reputation
… and on vendor reputation. The perceived financial risk of the purchasing activity has been shown to affect ratings of importance of the need for information. Few studies have addressed how fashion apparel buyers evaluate and react to perceived financial risk in their purchasing task. The …
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Tax Compliance: Ethical Orientation, Risk Perception And The Role Of The Tax Preparer
… the taxpayer’s ethical orientation and perceived financial risk, as well as the role of the tax preparer in the compliance decision. This research adds to the current tax compliance literature by investigating (in an experimental setting) the role of the tax preparer in situations where income is …
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Risk Management Practices in Saudi Listed Companies: An Institutional Perspective
… institutional sociology perspective to examine financial risk management practices adopted by Saudi listed companies and identify the factors that influence these practices. In Islamic shariah law, using conventional derivatives is prohibited and so this thesis aims to determine if there is an …
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The Effects of Risk Management Programs on Financial Professionals' Judgments
… the present focus in practice on enterprise risk management (ERM), academic studies have not responded to the question, “How do risk management programs (RMPs) influence the business decisions of financial professionals?” This study addresses this issue by examining the effects of RMPs on the …
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An Application Of Risk Contingent Credit Applied To New York Dairy Farms With U.S. Options On Class Iii Milk Futures
… all dairy farmers is an example of when business risk become so severe that the residual impact on financial risk become acute. While financial risk is ever present, stress results only when conditions arise in which downside risk result in a return on assets insufficient to meet fixed financial …
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