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environmentalists since 1990 on a range of issues in the EU, compared to the USA. Beck's 'Risk Society' theory has general resonance … USA on environmental issues. These differences have been parallel to the apparently stronger influence of … with contemporary western attitudes to risk. However, it may be that the US regulatory framework may now be more …
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knowledge, has investigated the reasons why higher rated securities recover more than lower rated securities in the event of … default. Specifically, this paper will empirically investigate why securities originally rated investment grade, fallen angels …, recover more than securities originally rated high yield in the event of default. …
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Nature-triggered hazards and disasters have traditionally been treated only from the lens of geophysical and biophysical processes, implying that the root cause of large-scale death and destruction lies in the natural domain rather than in a coupled human–environment system. Conceptually, the...
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This work is a PhD dissertation, written at the Department of Economics, McGill University. The thesis offers a new framework for inflation as a process of restructuring. Contrary to existing theories of inflation, which tend to take structure and institutions as given for the purpose of...
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In this paper, the author aims to examine the differences in perception concerning the anxiety toward the risk among …. This paper also intends to clarify the effect of information to improve people's risk management targeted on the … effects on information designed as a part of the risk management action plan as well as the living sufficiency safeguard are …
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Children of individuals with bipolar disorder (BPD) have increased risk for mood disorders and other adverse … psychosocial outcomes due to genetic and environmental risk. Though parents with BPD are aware of increased risk to children … study identifies key variables associated with parental coping with children's risk of mood disorders; and explores the …
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view that monetary policy easing induces greater risk-taking by banks but also shows that the relationship between real … interest rates and banking risk is more complex. Ultimately, it depends on how much skin in the game banks have. The central …
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) responsibility for enacting safe practice is allocated to those with the least authority and capacity to mitigate risk. The article … closes by discussing how talk of culture obscures the role of social context and its contribution to risk in patient safety. …
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’s characteristics—including its exposure to currency risk and the price effects of exchange rate movements—determine those preferences …
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