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This paper examines the influence of government transparency on changing views regarding nuclear energy before and …
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Using cross-country data, this paper examines the influence of government transparency on changing views regarding …
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Using cross-country data, this paper examines the influence of government transparency on changing views regarding … nuclear energy before and after Japan’s natural and nuclear disasters of 2011. Empirical results show that transparency …
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the rich to the detriment of the poor. The use of financial and investment dimensions previously missing in the literature …
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Hitherto very few studies on the inequality-finance(investment) nexus have focused on the African continent owing to … lack of relevant data. This paper integrates previously missing investment and financial components in the assessment of … how finance affects pro-poor investment channels. Findings reveal, but for the case of foreign investment, financial …
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private investment: contrary to mainstream consensus where-in, English common-law countries are better at championing private …
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intermediary channels of depth, efficiency, activity and size. Findings show that legal origin matters in the finance-investment … nexus; though its ability to explain aggregate investment dynamics only through financial intermediary channels is limited …
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experience of such disasters affects the perception of the risk of nuclear accidents. Estimation results show that the perceived … risk of a nuclear accident is positively associated with experiencing technological disasters but not with that of natural …
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A growing number of studies have explored the influence of institution on the outcomes of disasters and accidents from the viewpoint of political economy. This paper focuses on the probability of the occurrence of disasters rather than disaster outcomes. Using panel data from 98 countries, this...
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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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