Browsing Theses by Subject "risk management"
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Actuarial Ratemaking in Agricultural Insurance
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-06)A scientific agricultural (re)insurance pricing approach is essential for maintaining sustainable and viable risk management solutions for different stakeholders including farmers, governments, insurers, and reinsurers. ... -
Analysis of Risks and Cost Overruns in Design-Bid-Build Highway Infrastructure Projects in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)Cost overruns commonly occur in infrastructure projects, and when the owner is a government entity, these overruns may disrupt the funding available for other projects. Research on large projects indicates that actual ... -
Assessing the Canadian Commercial Real Estate Sector's View and Preparedness regarding Flood Risk
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-29)The process of climate change, with its projected occurrence of extreme weather events, such as flooding, has clear implications on the Canadian Commercial Real Estate (CRE) business sector. CRE businesses, which are ... -
Assessing the Effects of Disruptive Issues on the CSR of Canadian Multinational Gold Companies
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-20)Mining activities provide significant economic and social benefits to Canada, and to the areas in which Canadian multinational mining companies operate internationally. However, mining activities also present both social ... -
Assessing the suitability of economic policy instruments for urban flood risk management
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-14)Although modern technology has improved stormwater management practices, municipalities remain susceptible to urban flooding. One common method for addressing flood risk is through the application of economic policy ... -
Asymptotic Distribution of the Optimal Value in Random Linear Programs: Application to Maximum Expected Shortfall
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-08)The properties of risk measures are of fundamental concern in quantitative finance, particularly in times of uncertainty. We study the behaviour of the asymptotic distribution of the maximum expected shortfall of a portfolio ... -
Disaster Risk Reduction and Local Knowledge in Flood-Prone Communities: A Nigerian Case Study.
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-27)There has been a long debate regarding the value of traditional/indigenous/local knowledge in disaster risk reduction. Often viewed as ‘backwards’, governments instead have emphasised ‘advanced’ technologically sophisticated ... -
House Price Risk in Mortgage Contracts
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-25)Research has shown that mortgage default is closely related to house prices. When house prices fall the borrower has an incentive to default. Since default incurs substantial cost to the lender, the borrower and many other ... -
An introduction to Gerber-Shiu analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)A valuable analytical tool to understand the event of ruin is a Gerber-Shiu discounted penalty function. It acts as a unified means of identifying ruin-related quantities which may help insurers understand their vulnerability ... -
The Management of Human Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
(University of Waterloo, 2007-04-10)Abstract: Pharmaceuticals and their metabolites, collectively known as pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), have been detected in surface water, groundwater, and drinking water, in a number of countries, since ... -
Managing Exposure to Pipeline’s Risks: Improving Brazil’s Risk-Based Regulatory Process
(University of Waterloo, 2010-07-15)Traditional risk-based decision-making processes have limitations that often compromise the management of technological hazards. The research is organized into three major components. Firstly, it investigates concepts and ... -
Market Adaptation to Climate Risk: Evaluating Property Insurance Pricing in Vulnerable Coastal Communities
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-22)Financial recovery through insurance is critical to restoring socio-economic livelihoods as severe weather and water damage rank as the leading causes for property insurance claims across Canada. As climate change increases ...