From a financier's perspective, the cost and availability of credit are guided by perceptions of risk.

Public perceptions of the risk of violence associated with mental illness are at odds with the facts.

Unfortunately these perceptions are, at the majority of banks, mired in traditional practices and inadequate risk management abilities.

And our perceptions of risk are based more on hearsay a news media confabulation, really than any rational analysis.

Perceptions of such divergences force considerable risk premiums on problem countries, inevitably resulting in accelerating capital flight to safe havens.

Activities aimed at raising the level of preparedness of local communities should take due account of local realities, indigenous coping mechanisms and perceptions of risk.

The analysis should be made public and could influence perceptions of systemic risk and market behavior, thereby increasing self regulatory capacity of the system.

Doubts about the sustainability of government debt produce sudden surges in interest rates, as risk premia rise dramatically with perceptions of the likelihood of default.

Troubling perceptions of climate change

In your perceptions.

Investors willingness to make capital available over the longer term for infrastructure development, job creation, and economic growth depends on their perceptions of various kinds of risk.

Then, we have our perceptions. perceptions Our perceptions are the ground for our actions, and they bring forth our feelings, our emotions.

The paper conducted numerous surveys of local residents and evacuees to determine everything from the state of reconstruction to how perceptions have changed about the risk of tsunamis.

B. Political perceptions the political cost of inaction

It's perceptions, thoughts, feelings, dreams.

Your keen perceptions humble me.

A number of thoughtful observers like Citigroup s Robert Rubin, Harvard s Larry Summers, and The Financial Times s Martin Wolf have expressed puzzlement in recent months about financial markets perceptions of risk.

The fairness of the competition improves perceptions of legitimacy.

Most of these hallucinations consist of basic perceptions (shapes, colors).

Whether my perceptions correspond to the reality of the marker or not, that is the question. Because we live with our wrong perceptions.

So it's these two totally different perceptions of my personality.

No longer can tyranny blind their perceptions.

We are victims of our feelings, of our perceptions, of our emotions.

Likewise, US perceptions of France and of Europe are only slowly improving.

Both perceptions distort reality, though both contain a kernel of truth.

The power of culture resides in its ability to transform perceptions.

Europeans should remember that perceptions of strength and weakness change fast.

So where did these kinds of mythic false perceptions come from?

Both perceptions would be false, both reactions dangerous.

Our perceptions of self interest are always filtered through the lens of ideas.

What's true for color is also true for complex perceptions of motion.

For work in three dimensions, with your perceptions of space and time.

Three years in the field have dulled my perceptions.

The defence requirements and threat perceptions of India and Pakistan are not identical.

(d) States of the region now have differing perceptions about foreign military presence

Their relationship is affected by differences in structure, mode of organization and perceptions.

Politics is not just about facts, but also about perceptions.

Such perceptions are often mediated by ideas and previous experiences.

Their perceptions, which were driven by fear, frequently blurred reality.

Different perceptions were expressed on how to overcome this situation.

And also dealing with the perceptions that are put about

This clash of perceptions has caught the world s policy experts and analysts off guard.

Lack of accountability has both encouraged corruption and fed perceptions that abuse remains unpunished.

All these aspects are closely linked to perceptions of security which cannot be ignored.

Given those differing cultural perceptions, the reform proposals were extremely ambitious.