choices between alternatives. We study whether defaults can be used to increase insurance coverage against low …-probability/high-impact risks, like floods, and whether past flood insurance purchases and flooding experience moderate the effect of defaults. Our … study uses a naturally occurring difference in experience, comparing the surveyed flood insurance choices of 1 …

-house actuaries and when pension Board members were required to carry liability insurance. In contrast, public pension funding was …

This paper examines the consequences of the 2015 reform on the London fixing in the interbank forex market, which …

Using newly-constructed spatially-disaggregated data for London from 1801-1921, we show that the invention of the steam … find that removing the entire railway network reduces the population and the value of land and buildings in London by up to … 51.5 and 53.3 percent respectively, and decreases net commuting into the historical center of London by more than 300 …

West Germany's external debt and create a series of favourable debt repayment conditions. The London Debt Agreement (LDA …

This study provides new evidence on the impact of air pollution in a high-pollution high-mortality setting: London over … London's famous fog events, which trapped emissions in the city. My results show that acute pollution exposure due to fog … events accounted for at least one out of every 200 deaths in London during this century. I also provide the first well …