In this article, insurance-linked securities (ILS) are identified as a source of alternative beta.
Against the payment of a risk premium, investors assume natural catastrophe and other …

Increasingly insurance-linked securities (ILS) are being seen as a source of alternative beta.
Modern asset pricing theory suggests a general framework in which risk premia can be …

Arachaebacterial proteins or fragments thereof are structurally simple and exceptionally
stable. They provide the structural characteristics required for the engineering of …

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We show how modem extreme value theory concepts for the estimation of longtailed loss
severity distributions and simulation approaches to parameter uncertainty and aggregate loss …

The RAND Corporation launched the Gun Policy in America initiative in January 2016 with
the goal of creating objective, factual resources for policymakers and the public on the effects …

The population of adult learners in higher education continues to increase. In many cases,
the majority of faculty teaching adult learners are adjunct instructors. These instructors bring a …

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… (and possibly others) was separated from the Samuel codex now in the Roca-Puig collec
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Historicity is an important concept in people’s self-conceptualization as well as in their
conceptualization of the world around them. By knowing what was, we can interpret some of what …