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Chancen und Risiken von CSR im Mittelstand
Icks, Annette; Levering, Britta; Maaß, Frank; Werner, Arndt - 2015
Die Studie erörtert Chancen und Risiken, die mit der Anwendung der Unternehmensführungsstrategie CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) verbunden sind. Eine Vielzahl an Gefahren in CSR-aktiven Unternehmen - darunter das Risiko des Greenwashings - werden identifiziert, systematisiert und...
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Hochwasserkatastrophe in Deutschland: über Soforthilfen hinausdenken
Schwarze, Reimund; Wagner, Gert G. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 69 (2002) 35, pp. 596-600
Die jüngste Hochwasserkatastrophe wirft jenseits der staatlichen und privaten Soforthilfe die Frage nach einer Strategie auf, mit der den Hochwasserrisiken vorausschauend begegnet werden könnte. Dabei steht die Frage im Mittelpunkt, wie in modernen Volkswirtschaften eine planvolle...
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Policy-relevant assessment method of socio-economic impacts of floods: An Italian case study
Farinosi, Fabio; Carrera, Lorenzo; Maziotis, Alexandros; … - 2012
This paper estimates the direct and indirect socio-economic impacts of the 2000 flood that took place in the Po river … study is of great interest to those who are interested in estimating the economic impact of flood events. It can also assist … decision makers in pinpointing factors that threaten the sustainability and stability of a risk-prone area and more …
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Catastrophe Index-Linked Securities and Reinsurance as Substituties
Nell, Martin; Richter, Andreas - 2000
The use of catastrophe bonds (cat bonds) implies the problem of the so called basis risk, resulting from the fact that, in contrast to traditional reinsurance, this kind of coverage cannot be a perfect hedge for the primary’s insured portfolio. On the other hand cat bonds offer some very...
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Barriers to household risk management: Evidence from India
Cole, Shawn; Giné, Xavier; Tobacman, Jeremy; Topalova, … - 2009
consistent with household self-reports. Several experiments find that trust plays an important role in the decision to purchase …
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Weather forecasting for weather derivatives
Campbell, Sean D.; Diebold, Francis X. - 2004
We take a simple time-series approach to modeling and forecasting daily average temperature in U.S. cities, and we inquire systematically as to whether it may prove useful from the vantage point of participants in the weather derivatives market. The answer is, perhaps surprisingly, yes....
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Venture capital versus bank financing in innovative German firms
Schäfer, Dorothea; Talavera, Oleksandr; Zimmermann, Volker - 2007
The paper investigates young firms' choice of capital source. Our theoretical model hypothesizes a positive (negative) relation between riskiness of the project (price of venture capital) and receiving informed equity. We test our predictions by employing a unique data set collected by KfW...
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Legal framework for public participation in flood risk mapping: A comparative study of the responses of different European Member States to some requirements of the Floods Directiv...
Unnerstall, Herwig - 2010
participation into the process of flood risk mapping and, if so, in what form. The comparison also considers current administrative …
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Do banks manage their flood risk exposures? Evidence from the Danish credit register
Pöschl, Johannes - 2022
Some regional banks are highly exposed to flood risk. Yet, there is little evidence that banks manage these exposures …. The lack of flood risk management in these banks could worsen the adverse local economic impact of a flood. Therefore …, banks should incorporate flood risk in their risk management. …
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