Essays about: "tariff and non tariff"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words tariff and non tariff.

1. 1. Using Gradient Boosting to Identify Pricing Errors in GLM-Based Tariffs for Non-life Insurance

   University essay from KTH/Matematik (Avd.)

   Author : Felix Greberg; Andreas Rylander; [2022]
   Keywords : GLM; Gradient Boosting; XGBoost; Non-life insurance; Property Casualty; Rate making; Insurance Tariff; MTPL insurance; Machine learning; Regression trees; Tweedie regression; Credit risk; GLM; Gradient Boosting; XGBoost; Skadeförsäkring; Prissättning; Försäkringstariff; Trafikförsäkring; Regressionsträd; Maskininlärning; Tweedie-regression; Kreditrisk;

   Abstract : Most non-life insurers and many creditors use regressions, more specifically Generalized Linear Models (GLM), to price their liabilities. One limitation with GLMs is that interactions between predictors are handled manually, which makes finding interactions a tedious and time-consuming task. READ MORE

3. 2. Exploring non-tariff barriers inhibiting indigenous African SMEs’ intra-African trade and internationalisation within Sub-Saharan Africa: A focus on Ghanaian SMEs exporting to Nigeria.

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Eric Kwami Tsyokor; Farouk Tutu Madara; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The continent is currently, the world’s large free trade area with a 1.2-billion-person marketwhich is expected to double by 2050 is a substantial domestic market with significantopportunities for economic growth. This suggests that promoting intra-African trade (i.e. READ MORE

4. 3. The economic logic behind the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union: A gravity model estimation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Vladislav Kaim; [2020]
   Keywords : post-Soviet space; Eurasian integration; Eurasian Economic Union; gravity model; trade flows; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper estimates the impact of the processes of the Eurasian integration in the post-Soviet space that led to the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in 2015 over the exports of the member countries and their main partners outside the EEU and its predecessor, the Customs Union (CU). Applying the gravity model technique over the dataset for 1995-2015 obtained from UNESCAP Trade Analytics, it is possible to determine the influence of the CU membership of both exporter and importer countries over the exports of the former after controlling for all the economic, cultural and logistical independent variables and two different types of estimation (OLS and Poisson estimator). READ MORE

5. 4. Bayesian insurance pricing using informative prior estimation techniques

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Alexandra Hotti; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Large, well-established insurance companies build statistical pricing models based on customer claim data. Due to their long experience and large amounts of data, they can predict their future expected claim losses accurately. In contrast, small newly formed insurance start-ups do not have access to such data. READ MORE

6. 5. An Ex-Post Utilization Study of the Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement in the Swiss Watch Industry

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Lauro Daniele Muff; [2019]
   Keywords : Bilateral Trade; Free Trade Agreement; SSFTA; Watchmaking; Utilization Rate; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes to the growing body of literature which examines the utilization of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). The Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement (SSFTA) was not only China’s first FTA with a continental European country, but also a milestone for the Swiss foreign policy. READ MORE