Essays about: "hazard rate"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 46 essays containing the words hazard rate.

  1. 26. Bisphosphonates and the Risk of Fractures : Survival Analysis Using Patient Data from Swedish National Registers

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statistik

    Author : Jonathan Bergman; [2016]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Background Osteoporosis increases the risk of fractures. Bisphosphonates is a group of medications used to treat osteoporosis. READ MORE

  3. 27. Labor-market status and first-time parenthood: The experience of female minorities in the United States, 1979-2012

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Hongwei Han; [2016]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Background. The United States has been a diverse country since it is establishment. The effects of socioeconomic characteristics including immigration, age, employment status, educational attainment on total fertility rate have been discussed in the previous studies. Objective. READ MORE

  4. 28. A High Order Finite Difference Method for Simulating Earthquake Sequences in a Poroelastic Medium

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för beräkningsvetenskap

    Author : Kim Torberntsson; Vidar Stiernström; [2016]
    Keywords : numerical analysis; numerical methods; numerical modeling; SBP-SAT; finite differences; high performance computing; geophysics; geomechanics; poroelasticity; fault mechanics; induced seismicity;

    Abstract : Induced seismicity (earthquakes caused by injection or extraction of fluids in Earth's subsurface) is a major, new hazard in the United States, the Netherlands, and other countries, with vast economic consequences if not properly managed. Addressing this problem requires development of predictive simulations of how fluid-saturated solids containing frictional faults respond to fluid injection/extraction. READ MORE

  5. 29. Irreversible Investments under Uncertainty and Inside-ownership. Real Option Approach in a Reduced Form Hazard Model

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Magnus Brandt; Jesper Börjesson; [2015-07-13]
    Keywords : Real options; irreversibility; hazard model; inside-ownership; systematic risk; idiosyncratic risk;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the probability of making a marginal investment in 33 Swedish Large Cap firms from 2005 to 2015. We use marginal rate of return as a trigger event in an option to delay. This is then examined in a reduced form hazard model using the Black & Scholes option parameters. READ MORE

  6. 30. Duration on the Housing Market: A Nonparametric Approach

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Yana Petrova; [2015]
    Keywords : Housing Market; Duration; Censoring; Nonparametric approach; Statistical simulations; Bootstrap; Kaplan-Meier estimator; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This study examines the relationship between the time-on-the-market and the price of apartments on the housing market in Moscow. It is based on a data set including over 10 000 property objects during the time period January 2012 - October 2014. Only secondary proper-ty is considered. READ MORE