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We develop an exchange rate target zone model with finite exit time and non-Gaussian tails. We show how the tails are a consequence of time-varying investor risk aversion, which generates mean-preserving spreads in the fundamental distribution. We solve ex ...

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Technology Strategy in Dynamic Environments: A Computational Analysis of the Automation of Routines, the Organization of AI, and the Evaluation of Technology Risk

Maximilian Wieland Hofer

In this dissertation, I develop theory and evidence to argue that new technologies are central to how firms organize to create and capture value. I use computational methods such as reinforcement learning and probabilistic topic modeling to investigate thr ...

EPFL2022

Managing Risks when Using Nanomaterials in Research

Thierry Meyer, Amela Groso, Anna Maria Novello, Elina Buitrago

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2019

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A Framework to Evaluate the Benefit of Seismic Upgrading

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2019

EaRL: Toolbox for Earthquake Risk and Loss Assessment of Building Assets

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2018

Financial Stability and the Macroeconomy : the Role of Bank Liquidity Regulation and Deposit Insurance

Corinne Dubois

The financial crisis of 2007-2009 drew attention to the essential role of banks for the macroeconomy and to the importance of having a resilient financial sector. A vulnerability in the financial sector spills over to the real economy and can drive it into ...

EPFL2018

Risk perception and decision-making: do farmers consider risks from climate change?

Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer

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SPRINGER2018

Introduction to the IRGC Risk Governance Framework

Marie-Valentine Renée Agnès Florin, Marcel Thomas Bürkler

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EPFL2017

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In stochastic optimization models, the optimal solution heavily depends on the selected probability model for the scenarios. However, the scenario models are typically chosen on the basis of statistical estimates and are therefore subject to model error. W ...

Elsevier2017

Improving Risk Regulation

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Substance flow analysis as a tool for mitigating the impact of pharmaceuticals on the aquatic system

Luca Rossi, Jonas Margot, Htet Kyi Wynn, Sylvain Coutu

Pharmaceuticals constitute an important environmental issue for receiving waters. A holistic approach, taking into consideration the sources of these compounds (hospitals, domestic use), discharges (wastewater effluent, combined sewer overflows) and relate ...

Elsevier2013

Leaning Against Boom-Bust Cycles in Credit and Housing Prices

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This paper studies the potential gains of monetary and macro-prudential policies that lean against house-price and credit cycles. We rely on a model that features Borrowers and Savers and allows for over-borrowing induced by news-shock-driven cycles. We fi ...

Elsevier2013

Le processus de projet dans la reconstruction urbaine suite à une catastrophe

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EPFL2010

The magnetics diagnostic set for ITER

René Chavan, Jonathan Bryan Lister

The current status of the ITER magnetics diagnostic is summarised. The various risks are discussed on the basis of when they could be present during ITER operation and appropriate mitigation is reviewed. An implementation risk or common mode operation fail ...

Elsevier2009

Methodology for evaluating new high volume composite manufacturing technologies

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Composite materials are increasingly used in high volume automotive applications, usually as a replacement for assemblies of multiple metallic parts such as stamped and spot-welded steel sheets. One of the motivations is to reduce tooling and assembly cost ...

EPFL2008

Reform and risk management in the urban water sector : the role of regulation

Patricia Alves Luis Manso

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EPFL2007

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EPFL2007