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The economics of environmental risk : information, perception and valuation
Smith, Vincent Kerry - 2022
"Featuring real world examples of how risk information affects public choices, The Economics of Environmental Risk … informative volume. Policy makers in risk and insurance, and risk management programs will also find this an instructive guide on …
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Tax compliance and tax morale : a theoretical and empirical analysis
Torgler, Benno - 2007
The question of why citizens pay their taxes has attracted increased attention in the tax compliance literature of late. In this book, Benno Torgler considers the evidence that suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance within society. To attempt to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420106
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Knowledge, technological catch-up and economic growth
Rogers, Mark - 2003
Knowledge, Technological Catch-up and Economic Growth investigates the relationship between knowledge diffusion and economic growth. Using a broad definition of knowledge - encompassing technology, production skills, know-how and firm capabilities - the central argument of the book is that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473801
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The new economics of outdoor recreation
Hanley, Nick (contributor); Wright, Robert E. (contributor);  … - 2003
group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems. An …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851998
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Terrorism and the international business environment : the security-business nexus
Suder, Gabriele G. S. (contributor) - 2004
operation studies -- pt. 4. Implications of crisis in a synergetic world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850897
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Economic and natural disasters since 1900 : a comparative history
Singleton, John - 2016
1. The disaster cycle -- 2. Hurricane Katrina : a classic natural disaster -- 3. The first World War -- 4. The Great …A crisis is a period of uncertainty that may or may not lead to disaster, depending in part on the capacity of actors … Eurozone upheavals this timely book argues that the disaster cycle - a framework normally used in the context of natural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419855
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Handbook on the economics of disasters
Skidmore, Mark (ed.) - 2022
-edge Handbook presents a timely analysis of the conditions that reduce or exacerbate disaster impacts. Addressing developments in … research on disaster economics, internationally recognized scholars explore the role of both the private and public sectors in … deeper into disaster economics, the Handbook then presents empirical methods and applications used in modelling disaster …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462764
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Effective federalism and local finance
Ahmad, Ehtisham - 2011
Economic Review, 42, 583-92 -- Timothy J. Goodspeed and Andrew Haughwout (2007), 'On the Optimal Design of Disaster Insurance … Barry R. Weingast (1995), 'Federalism, Chinese Style: The Political Basis for Economic Success in China', World Politics, 48 … Systems', World Politics, 54 (4), July, 494-531 -- Bernd Huber and Marco Runkel (2008), 'Interregional Redistribution and …
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Insurance and risk management
Niehaus, Greg (contributor) - 2008
, LXI 2, April, 893-919 -- Kevin Dowd and David Blake (2006), 'After VaR: The Theory, Estimation, and Insurance Applications …There is a broad range of literature on the economics of insurance and risk management. This timely publication … contains recent theoretical contributions to the economics of insurance and presents empirical tests and applications of the …
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Banking and insurance in the new China : competition and the challenge of accession to the WTO
Chen, Jianxun; Shi, Huici - 2004
insurance - since accession to the WTO in 2001. This book scrutinizes the development and limitations of these industries during … opportunities. The relationships between the market structure, behavior and performance of China's banking and insurance industries … of WTO accession on Chinese banking and insurance, and strategies for the prevention of future financial crises are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474023