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232005 (M10) Lognormal distributions for skin area as a function of body weight
Abstract and Reviews M: INSURANCE M A T H E M A T I C S MOO: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
232001 (MOO)
Versicherungsmathematik und sehweizerisehe Hochschulen Kupper J., Swiss Association of Actuaries, Bulletin, Helf 1, 1998 In this revised text of the farewell lecture the author describes the development of the actuarial sciences in the Swiss academic institutions from the beginnings up to the thirties. The University of Basel, Bern and Lausanne and also the SFIT in Zurich are in the foreground.
Keywords: Actuarial Education, Switzerland. 232002 (MOO)
Analyse der Struktur und der Entwicklung der Bruttoliihne in Vorsorgeeinrichtungen Wiithrich M., Miiller S., Kunz S., Potterat S., Kern O., Swiss Association of Acturies, Bulletin, Heft 1, 1998 This paper presents an analysis of the structure as well as the development of wages for a period of 10 years. In contrast to most of the official statistics, for the analysis of the development of the wages, the data of wages are individually conjoint for the analyzed period. The data originate from the personal accouts of a number of insured persons of pension funds, which the authors prescribed by the Federal Occupational Retirement Survivors' and Disability Pensions Act (BVG). The median of the development of the wages is compared with the actual adjustment of the amount of coordination BVG, and certain consequences for the number of insured in the compulsory part of the BVG are shown
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Judgements of dollar awards made by individuals and synthetic juries were much more erratic. These results are familiar characteristics of judgements made on unbounded magnitude scales. The degree of harm suffered by the plaintiff and the size of the firm had a pronounced effect on awards. Some judgemental tasks are far easier than others for juries to perform, and reform possibilities should exploit this fact.
Keywords: Punitive damage, Personal injury. 232004 (M01, M20) Worry and Risk Perception Sjiiberg L., Risk Analysis, Vol. 18, No 1, 1998 Risk perception is sometimes measured by means of judgements about worry, sometimes as perceived risk more directly. However, perceived level of risk calls for a more intellectual judgement and wooly trends to refer to emotional reactions. These two are therefore not that same and need not be strongly correlated. Results reported here show that perceived risk and worry are indeed weakly correlated, both for generalized worry and for more specific measures of worry matched with the same hazard as risk ratings. A distinction is suggested between congnitive, abstract hazards and concrete, sensory hazards, with implications for the worry-perceived risk relationship. It was furthermore found by means of cluster analysis that there were groups of subject displaying different dynamics of risk and worry.
Keywords: Risk perception. MIO: PROBABILITY THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS IN INSURANCE, G E N E R A L AND M I S C E L L A N E O U S
232005 (M10) Lognormal Distributions for Skin Area as a Function
Keywords: Evolution of wages, Analyse of wages.
of Body Weight Burmaster D.E., Risk Analysis, Vol. 18, No 1, 1998
MOI: M O D E L L I N G G E N E R A L
This paper reanalyzes the data set cited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in its Exposure Factors Handbook that contains measurements of skin area, height and body weight for 401 people spanning all stages of development. The reanalysis shows that a univariate model for total skin area as a function of body weight gives useful and practical results with little or no loss of reliability as compared to the Agency's bivariate model. This new result leads to a new method to develop Lognormal distributions for total skin area as a function of body weight alone.
232OO3 (M01)
Shared Outrage and Erratic Awards: The Psychology of Punitive Damages Kahneman D., Schkade D., Sunstein C.R., Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Volume 16, April 1998 An experimental study of punitive damage awards in personal injury cases was conducted, using juryeligible respondents. There was substantial consensus on judgements of the outrageousness of a defendant' s actions and of the appropriate severity of punishment.
Keywords: Lognormal distribution, Body weight.
232001 (MOO)
Versicherungsmathematik und sehweizerisehe Hochschulen Kupper J., Swiss Association of Actuaries, Bulletin, Helf 1, 1998 In this revised text of the farewell lecture the author describes the development of the actuarial sciences in the Swiss academic institutions from the beginnings up to the thirties. The University of Basel, Bern and Lausanne and also the SFIT in Zurich are in the foreground.
Keywords: Actuarial Education, Switzerland. 232002 (MOO)
Analyse der Struktur und der Entwicklung der Bruttoliihne in Vorsorgeeinrichtungen Wiithrich M., Miiller S., Kunz S., Potterat S., Kern O., Swiss Association of Acturies, Bulletin, Heft 1, 1998 This paper presents an analysis of the structure as well as the development of wages for a period of 10 years. In contrast to most of the official statistics, for the analysis of the development of the wages, the data of wages are individually conjoint for the analyzed period. The data originate from the personal accouts of a number of insured persons of pension funds, which the authors prescribed by the Federal Occupational Retirement Survivors' and Disability Pensions Act (BVG). The median of the development of the wages is compared with the actual adjustment of the amount of coordination BVG, and certain consequences for the number of insured in the compulsory part of the BVG are shown
185
Judgements of dollar awards made by individuals and synthetic juries were much more erratic. These results are familiar characteristics of judgements made on unbounded magnitude scales. The degree of harm suffered by the plaintiff and the size of the firm had a pronounced effect on awards. Some judgemental tasks are far easier than others for juries to perform, and reform possibilities should exploit this fact.
Keywords: Punitive damage, Personal injury. 232004 (M01, M20) Worry and Risk Perception Sjiiberg L., Risk Analysis, Vol. 18, No 1, 1998 Risk perception is sometimes measured by means of judgements about worry, sometimes as perceived risk more directly. However, perceived level of risk calls for a more intellectual judgement and wooly trends to refer to emotional reactions. These two are therefore not that same and need not be strongly correlated. Results reported here show that perceived risk and worry are indeed weakly correlated, both for generalized worry and for more specific measures of worry matched with the same hazard as risk ratings. A distinction is suggested between congnitive, abstract hazards and concrete, sensory hazards, with implications for the worry-perceived risk relationship. It was furthermore found by means of cluster analysis that there were groups of subject displaying different dynamics of risk and worry.
Keywords: Risk perception. MIO: PROBABILITY THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS IN INSURANCE, G E N E R A L AND M I S C E L L A N E O U S
232005 (M10) Lognormal Distributions for Skin Area as a Function
Keywords: Evolution of wages, Analyse of wages.
of Body Weight Burmaster D.E., Risk Analysis, Vol. 18, No 1, 1998
MOI: M O D E L L I N G G E N E R A L
This paper reanalyzes the data set cited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in its Exposure Factors Handbook that contains measurements of skin area, height and body weight for 401 people spanning all stages of development. The reanalysis shows that a univariate model for total skin area as a function of body weight gives useful and practical results with little or no loss of reliability as compared to the Agency's bivariate model. This new result leads to a new method to develop Lognormal distributions for total skin area as a function of body weight alone.
232OO3 (M01)
Shared Outrage and Erratic Awards: The Psychology of Punitive Damages Kahneman D., Schkade D., Sunstein C.R., Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Volume 16, April 1998 An experimental study of punitive damage awards in personal injury cases was conducted, using juryeligible respondents. There was substantial consensus on judgements of the outrageousness of a defendant' s actions and of the appropriate severity of punishment.
Keywords: Lognormal distribution, Body weight.