Systemic Risk: Simulating Local Shocks To A Global System

Using our updated model of the payment exchange system within the banking industry, we have introduced sudden local economic shocks and calculated their effect on the stability of the financial system. Our results suggest that the probability of a total banking failure, i.e., the systemic risk of the system, is insignificant unless the degree of the shock and the degree of integration between banks are very large. We find that the larger the shock, i.e., the greater the amount of loss amongst all banks, and the more isolated banks are within the payment system, the greater the likelihood of a localized or global banking system failure. However, given the current limits percentages of capitol banks can loan each other, only worldwide economic crises of cataclysmic significance would cause a collapse of the entire banking system. Hence we affirm the findings of our previous work which considered the effects of a bank failure generated by factors internal to the banking system (internal instead of internal shocks), which suggest there is minimal systemic risk in an integrated, minimally regulated, banking system.

Mango Powdery Mildew

Unlike anthracnose, which affects mango in wet areas, the powdery mildew fungus occurs primarily in dry areas and must be controlled during flowering to obtain acceptable fruit yields

Non-inductive charging of tropical convection in high and low CAPE environments

May 29, 1992.Includes bibliographical references.Sponsored by National Science Foundation ATM-9015485

Typical Campaign Issues WCIRA Can Expect To Face In The 1980’s, circa 1979

A list of union-raised issues against WCIRA practices

Awa Dieback in Hawaii

A severe disease of the kava plant caused by cucumber mosaic virus is described. Symptoms are illustrated and integrated disease management options are discussed

New Grading Rubrics for Signature Assignments: Tropical Agriculture and the Environment

The undergraduate programs from two departments, Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences (TPSS) and Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences (PEPS), merged into a single, new program that began in Fall semester 2016. In this poster, the development of grading rubrics for the signature assignments associated with the various tracks of this new program, named Tropical Agriculture and the Environment (TAE), are presented. The signature assignments used were: (1) an internship; and/or (2) an internship plus a capstone course (PEPS 495). Rubric assessment, review, revision and subsequently approval by the TAE curriculum committee in November 2016 are outlined. Findings of the assessment project are provided including successful strategies using a top-down approach. Action plans and next steps are also described