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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Investment Model"”.
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A theory based stochastic investment model for actuarial use
… origins, development and uses of asset-liability modelling, as well as existing largely stochastic investment models, notably those of the Maturity Guarantees Working Party (1980), Wilkie (1986,1995) and Thomson (1996). A stochastic investment model is developed which describes returns from …
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A polyperiod production-investment model of growth of large-size livestock farms in Southwest Virginia
A polyperiod model was developed for investigating production investment decisions associated with firm growth. A fifteen year planning horizon divided into three production periods was used. Initial resources were those of a large-size livestock farm (410 acres of open land) located in Southwest …
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An Application of the Investment Model for Examining the Effects of Commitment, Self-Efficacy, and Goal Difficulty on Performance
… goal difficulty level on task performance. The investment model of commitment was used to experimentally manipulate commitment levels. Eighty subjects served as their own controls. For a computer typing task, performance baseline was established, then subjects performed additional trials under …
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Every picture tells a story: a directive content analysis of the investment model on Instagram posts for new romantic relationships
… also influence their relationship. Guided by the investment model (Rusbult, 1980), Instagram posts from 18 individuals in a new romantic relationship were coded using directive content analysis over the course of six months to determine how Instagram posts may reflect peoples’ relationship …
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Effects of uncertainty on the investment decision : an examination of the option-based investment model using Japanese real estate data
… paper examines the validity of the option-based investment model as opposed to the neoclassical investment model in the decision-making of commercial real estate development, using aggregate real estate data from Japan. I particularly focus on the effect of uncertainty because it is the central …
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Modelling the asset allocation process and the effectiveness of the models through time
… reserving via a cascade style stochastic investment model for the asset classes of cash, equities and fixed interest. Structural breaks occur in 1947 and 1973 but stability since then means that stochastic investment modelling is a feasible proposition. The final model contains four real …
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Meaningfulness as a predictor of intergenerational commitment
… over time. Previous research has utilised the Investment Model Scale (Rusbult, 1980) in order to understand commitment processes and the constructs satisfaction, quality of alternatives and investment have been identified as key determinants of commitment in romantic contexts. In the present …
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Essays in Competition and Investment in Electricity Market
… competition can increases consumer welfare. The model improves the current sequential search model by taking product differentiation into consideration. The results show that both product differentiation and search cost result in price dispersion. Product differentiation explains about 55% of the …
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THE CONTRIBUTION OF PARTNER INVESTMENTS TO ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP COMMITMENT
… Based in interdependence theory, research on the investment model of commitment (Rusbult, 1980) has revealed that individuals’ greater satisfaction and investments and lower alternatives predict greater commitment to their relationships, and commitment in turn promotes a variety of …
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Application of Investment Theory to Sport Consumers: Predicting Intention to Continue or Reduce Commitment
… of the present investigation is to use the Investment Model to better understand the intention to continue or reduce commitment to a sports team. The study will examine the nature of the relationships between satisfaction, investment, quality of alternatives on commitment and the subsequent …
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Dueling markets : capitalizing on the non-institutional and institutional asset arbitrage
… parameters, alongside the feasibility of an investment model to capitalize on the aggregation of subinstitutional assets into portfolios attractive to institutional investment. The U.S. market was analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively to determine the viability of the perceived …
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The dating game: Cultivation effects on relational investment
… Theory (Gerbner & Gross, 1973) and the Investment Model (Rusbult, 1980). This study employs interpersonal communication strategies to study media effects. Surveys were collected from 273 students at a large university. Results indicate higher exposure to reality television dating shows …
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An Assessment of Marital Satisfaction in Stepfamilies Toward an Integration of Three Conceptual Models of Relationship Satisfaction
… in light of the contextual, problem-solving, and investment models of relationship satisfaction. A questionnaire developed to assess marital satisfaction in stepfamilies using variables from the three conceptual models with the Kansas Marital Scale as a global measure of assessment was sent to 660 …
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Evaluating New Business Opportunities for Interregional Transmission
The merchant transmission investment model is conducive to addressing interregional and long-range transmission needs as it provides a pathway to circumvent localized regional and state transmission planning processes and focus directly on interregional development. Furthermore, merchant …
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The Effect of Religious Similarity on the Use of Relational Maintenance Strategies in Marriages
… marriage relationships through the lens of the investment model. Data from 109 heterosexual married individuals was collected. Through a series of multiple linear regression analyses, results revealed that religious similarity has little effect on maintenance behavior in marriage relationships. …
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The Effect of Religious Similarity on the Use of Relational Maintenance Strategies in Marriages
… marriage relationships through the lens of the investment model. Data from 109 heterosexual married individuals was collected. Through a series of multiple linear regression analyses, results revealed that religious similarity has little effect on maintenance behavior in marriage relationships. …
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Dynamic Compensation and Investment with Limited Commitment
… study the role of limited commitment in dynamic models. In the first part, I consider firms that face uncertainty shocks in a principal-agent setting but have only limited ability to commit to long-term contracts. Limited commitment firms expedite payments to their managers when uncertainty is …
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Testing reciprocal relationships between marital attitudes, time spent together, and marital satisfaction among newlyweds: a cross-lagged path model
… 1220). Using cognitive dissonance theory and the investment model, this study tests two sets of theoretically derived unidirectional pathways to provide empirical evidence for longitudinal associations between these three constructs. Two separate models were tested, one for husbands, and one for …
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Factors Mediating and Moderating the Relation Between Abuse and Commitment
… commitment to a relationship. Drawing upon the Investment Model (Rusbult, 1980) and implicit relationship beliefs (Knee, 1998), the current study tested mediators and moderators between the frequency of physical and psychological abuse and victims’ level of commitment in a community sample of …
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Effects and mitigation of natural hazards in retail networks
… distribution centers. We propose the Resilience Investment Model (RIM) to invest in resilience against the effects of natural hazards. This model takes into account the operational details of the organization. RIM is a two-stage multi-period inventory flow stochastic program. The resilience …
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