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Dying in an Avalanche: Current risks and Valuation

Leiter, Andrea M.; Pruckner, Gerald J. - EconWPA - 2005

to pay (WTP) values for a risk prevention of dying in an avalanche. We present results of a contingent valuation (CV …) study carried out in Austria in two different periods (fall 2004 and winter 2005). The comparison of WTP results between the … affect individual risk evaluations. Surprisingly, individuals state a lower WTP in winter although avalanche accidents are …

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Health and Amenity Effects of Global Warming

Moore, Thomas Gale - EconWPA - 1996

A somewhat warmer climate would probably reduce mortality in the United States and provide Americans with valuable benefits. Regressions of death rates in Washington, DC, and in some 89 urban counties scattered across the nation on climate and demographic variables demonstrate that warmer...

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Income Fluctuations, Poverty and Well-Being Over Time: Theory and Application to Argentina

Cruces, Guillermo - EconWPA - 2005

This paper studies poverty as a dynamic phenomenon, motivated by the recurring economic crises that affect developing countries and the incidence of income fluctuations on household welfare. While the increasing availability of household panel data has been exploited in theoretical analysis and...

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Risk and De-collectivization in the Czech Republic

Bezemer, Dirk J. - EconWPA - 2001

of family farms and socialist-style farms in the presence of risk, given the typical post-socialist environment …

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A Rational Irrational Man

Harin, Alexander - EconWPA - 2005

paradox, risk aversion and other well-known fundamental problems. For a long time, this opinion was a barrier to proper …

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Gains and losses: the same or different choices? A “non-ideal” economics approach.

Harin, Alexander - EconWPA - 2005

Ideal economics? A “non-ideal” economics approach has been proposed, which considers the possibility of arrangement infringements. It gives promises for both solving fundamental problems of economic theory and creation of new directions and fields of research. The approach application in...

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Scientific Revolution. A Farewell to EconWPA.

Harin, Alexander - EconWPA - 2005

A revolution in economics. Is it possible? Is its concept a transition from ideal to real economics? The way to the transition may be a new aspect of uncertainty. Problems, which can be solved, research fields, which can be augmented or created, and fields of applications in practical economy...

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The Measurement of Income Distribution Dynamics when Demographics are correlated with Income

Grimm, Michael; Cogneau, Denis - EconWPA - 2005

The purpose of our paper is to derive instructive analytics on how to account for differentials in demographic variables, in particular mortality, when performing welfare comparisons over time. The idea is to apply various ways of `correcting' estimated income distribution measures for `sample...

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Exploring the Social and Economic Costs of Abuse in Later lIfe

Spencer, Charmaine - EconWPA - 2000

Abstract : Abuse and neglect of older adults (« elder abuse ») has a significant impact on the lives of the individuals involved. At the same time, it has a broader social and economic cost. Many of these are « hidden costs » in the sense that the cause of the underlying problem is not...

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CIRCULAR VARIABLE WORK IN PROCESS

Vildosola, Luis - EconWPA - 2002

work in process inventory levels, under a particular risk allowance and a particular environmental scenario. This work …

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