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1995

Orlick, Charles C., Bauer, Leonard, Jeffrey, Scott

The focus of this study is to examine the risk and return trade-offs for various crop rotations and tillage systems. The geographic area represented in this study will be that contained within four soil, and five climatic zones within the Province of Alberta. The predominant crops grown in these...

1994

Schnitkey, Gary D., Novak, Frank

In this paper, we examine risk reductions possible by including off-farm assets with farm assets in a form growth context. We specify a dynamic investment model in which an individual can invest in hog finishing barns, stocks, and financial holdings. We solve this model for an Alberta hog...

2019-01-01

Monzer, Natalie, Fayek, Aminah Robinson, Lourenzutti, Rodolfo, Siraj, Nasir B.

Construction companies continuously seek to improve risk analysis techniques to determine the contingency of projects. Construction risk assessment relies on a group decision-making (GDM) process, in which a heterogeneous group of experts provides their opinions to determine the probabilities and...

1992

Novak, Frank, Melvin, Richard, Dailly, Sally, Bauer, Leonard

The objectives of this study were to measure returns and the variation in returns for hog finishers in Alberta. From this base, different strategies were assessed as to their ability to reduce the level of price risk faced by producers. The National Tripartite Stabilization Program was reviewed...

1992

Novak, Frank, Armstrong, Glen W., Staples, Blaine, Bauer, Leonard

This project has examined after tax gross margin net present values accruing to Alberta wheat farmers under three fertilizer and crop rotation systems; a fixed rotation traditional fertilizer system, a static economic fertilizer decision system within a fixed rotation, and a static economic...

Fall 2021

Mohamed, Emad

Wind energy is emerging as a primary source of renewable energy in Canada, attracting over $23 billion in investment. Steadily increasing, a total capacity of 31,640 MW of wind energy must be installed by 2040 to meet the requirements of the Paris Agreement on Climate, requiring the construction...

2020-01-01

Fateminia, Seyed Hamed, Siraj, Nasir Bedewi, Fayek, Aminah Robinson, Johnston, Andrew

Traditional techniques for estimating contingency reserve fail to capture subjective uncertainties and expert knowledge, and they rely on historical data. This paper proposes a fuzzy risk analysis model (FRAM) that uses fuzzy arithmetic to analyze risk and opportunity events and determine...

1999

Novak, Frank, Jeffrey, Scott

This paper examines alternative risk management strategies in terms of their effectiveness for three representative Alberta farm operations. Stochastic dynamic simulation methods are used to model financial performance for these farms, and alternative risk management programs are compared in...

2019-01-01

Fateminia, Seyed Hamed, Seresht, Nima Gerami, Fayek, Aminah Robinson

The development and implementation of risk response strategies contributes to effective risk management processes in construction organizations. Risk response strategies need to be developed and implemented as follows: first, all possible risk responses for each given risk event of a project are...

1997

Novak, Frank, Unterschultz, Jim

This research investigates flexible pricing and payment alternatives (FPPA) that can be incorporated within the CWB pooling system for wheat. FPPA allow the CWB to remove some or all of the price uncertainty within a crop year to participating farm managers and let them arrange cash inflows more...