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the MECC Model to the case of China to evaluate its impact on the Chinese economy. …
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allowed. Because of a great deal of low-cost abatement opportunities available in the energy sectors of China and India and …
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We explore behavior and test theory regarding the determinants of flood insurance coverage in the coastal zone using … insurance cost, risk factors, community characteristics, and household attributes on flood insurance purchase for residential … price and hold greater flood insurance coverage (controlling for value of asset at risk). We find support for rational …
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Disaster risk is a major concern in a developing country like India as people living in disaster prone regions of the … various risks faced by households living in disaster prone regions of rural India and specifically examine the effectiveness … eastern Uttar Pradesh, India) is highly susceptible to floods with a major flood occurring every ten years and smaller ones …
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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 article analyzes the basic definitions of emergencies, disasters, elements and technological accidents. It gives the characteristics of the main consequences of disasters and offers an algorithm for the economic evaluation of these effects.
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The Chinese economy does still not qualify as demand-driven economy. Its growth is based on investment. In fact successive waves of investment have emerged during the eighties and produced a piling-up of productive systems. A wave of small national enterprises and entrepreneurs, a second large...
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Although the economy of China has grown very strongly over the last few decades, this spectacular performance has come … attempts to explore the determinants of CO2 emissions in China using aggregate data for more than half a century. Adopting an … CO2 emissions in China are negatively related to research intensity, technology transfer and the absorptive capacity of …
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global climate change. About 20% populations of the world live in China and the emissions of greenhouse gases of it are very … urbanization. China is now the second largest economy in the world, behind the USA but at present it is facing severe environmental … rapidly, consequently increasing greenhouse gas emissions due to over burning fossil fuels. China is the world’s greatest coal …
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To consider the implication of disaggregated consumption and discounting, we study discounting in a world composed of …
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