We study exposure to pollution information and investment portfolio allocations, exploiting the rollout of air quality … information on investment choices is most prominent amongst tech-savvy investors who are most plausibly "treated" by real …

, scope, and investment decisions, and we outline their connection to recent macroeconomic and financial trends in the US …

polluter liability does not necessarily increase safety or efficiency in cases where the polluter is risk neutral. Complete … polluter liability is found to yield Pareto optimality. When either party is risk averse, an increase in polluter liability may … sometimes reduce safety and efficiency. If the polluter is risk neutral and the victim is risk averse, Pareto optimality is only …

returns on a capital investment, but not on fertility, or the intrinsic population growth rate. During the mature phase, time …

One of the unforeseen consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk. This volume explores aspects … of risk with special reference to the WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with international … trade rules. The book is divided into sections dealing with: accounting for risk in trade agreements; risk and the WTO …

catastrophic in their consequences. Therefore, the elaboration of effective risk-management plans, aimed at formulating viable … management of environmental risks - environmental pollution risk and natural catastrophe risk in particular. It discusses the … issue of insurability of such risks, analyses the increasing risk of liability for environmental pollution and the …

traditional framework, the presence of an irreversible investment and uncertainty can help nudge the decision maker to preserve an …