We investigate the risk–return trade-off on US and European stock markets. non-linear with a special eye to tails of returns using quantile regressions. first consider market portfolio. find that is significantly positive at upper tail (0.9 quantile), where large excess returns. The as expected from asset pricing models. For lower (0.1 for negative returns, negative. Additionally, median (0.5 i...

We investigate the risk-return trade-off on US and European stock markets. non-linear with a special eye to tails of returns using quantile regressions. first consider market portfolio. find that is significantly positive at upper tail (0.9 quantile), where large excess returns. The as expected from asset pricing models. For lower (0.1 for negative returns, negative. And median (0.5 insignifica...

in the case of hazardous materials management, selected routes for carrying hazardous materials (i.e.,hazmat) have significant effects on locating hazmat distribution centers. since, risk and cost are usuallyconsidered as two main attributes to determine the best routes, optimized locations are sequentially outlineddepending on selected routes. in the present paper, two different approaches of ...

The effectiveness of risk mitigation may be compromised by informal trade, including illegal activities, parallel markets and extra-legal activities. While no regulatory system is 100% effective in eliminating the risk of disease transmission through animal and animal product trade, extreme risk aversion in formal import health regulations may increase informal trade, with the unintended conseq...