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This paper analyses whether freedom of decision as a crucial precondition of normative deci-sion theory is questioned … decision as the necessary basis for handling ethical questions in business practice, rather then as a limitation to this end … plain determination on the one extreme and complete autonomy on the other. It supports the proposition in decision theory …
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What explains poverty of Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia? One view holds the disease environment of these regions as … economic performance of countries. Disease does not play a significant role in determining outcomes. On the contrary, we find … support for the indirect effect of disease via institutions, as asserted by the 'institutions school'. Interestingly, the …
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What explains poverty of Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia? One view holds the disease environment of these regions as … economic performance of countries. Disease does not play a significant role in determining outcomes. On the contrary, we find … support for the indirect effect of disease via institutions, as asserted by the 'institutions school'. Interestingly, the …
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how well-intentioned public policy may contribute to disease instability and uncertainty. …
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The present study investigates the state of health of the older adults in India from a socioeconomic and cultural perspective. It is based on a countrywide representative sample of 29420 older adults, which was collected as a part of the 60th round of the National Sample Survey in 2004. The...
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household also affects disease prevalence among the male populations. The amount of land possessed by a household affects the … disease prevalence among rural OA only. In the case of disabilities, age and economic dependency of the OAs have significant …
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Linking indegenious knowledge of the community with modern techniques to mesure, analyse and reduce disaster … local wisdom, knowledge along with modern tools and techniques can give rid from disaster worst situation and can reduce …
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also ignores these areas in the provision of educational facilities. Considering the disaster vulnerability of coastal … frequent disasters. Depending on the disaster vulnerability of the target area, disaster management arrangement had analyzed …
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This paper uses cross-country data from 1965 to 2008 to examine how ethnic heterogeneity affects the probability of technological disasters. Estimation results showed that ethnic heterogeneity increased the probability of technological disasters.
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The Great East Japan Earthquake, which occurred on March 11, 2011, triggered the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. This study estimates the economic damage caused by the radioactive contamination from the plant using a hedonic approach. Our estimation results show that an increase of 1...
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