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The Impact of a Government Risk Pool and an Opt-Out Framing on Demand for Earthquake Protection

Kunreuther, Howard; Conell-Price, Lynn; Kovacs, Paul; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

earthquake protection in Quebec and British Columbia is influenced by the default option and the structure of the insurance plan …. Homeowners in both provinces were given the opportunity to purchase protection against earthquake losses when presented with one … public-private risk pool. The default frame was changed so the homeowner could either opt-in by purchasing this coverage or …

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The effect of industry, region and time on new business survival : a multi-dimensional analysis

Fritsch, Michael; Brixy, Udo; Falck, Oliver - 2004

We analyze the effect of industry, region and time on new-business survival rates by means of a multi-dimensional approach. The data relate to West German districts in the 1983-2000 period. The survival chances of start-ups tend to be relatively low in industries characterized by a high minimum...

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Post-disaster spillovers : evidence from Iranian provinces

Fischer, Sven - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 5, pp. 1-26

account the disaster type, which is mainly earthquake and flood in the case of Iran, the results suggest that the positive …

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Spillover effects of school-based disaster education from children to parents : evidence from Indonesia

Harada, Tetsuya; Shoji, Masahiro; Takafuji, Yoko - 2022

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How policy changes affect shareholder wealth: The case of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

Betzer, André; Doumet, Markus; Rinne, Ulf - 2011

This paper analyzes how policy changes affect shareholder wealth in the context of environmental regulation. We exploit the unique and unexpected German reaction to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which involved the immediate shutdown of almost half of Germany's nuclear reactors while...

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