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Coordination under uncertain conditions: An analysis of the Fukushima catastrophe
Aoki, Masahiko; Rothwell, Geoffrey - 2011
This paper analyzes the impacts of the 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, which were amplified by a failure of coordination across the plant, corporate, industrial, and regulatory levels, resulting in a nuclear catastrophe, comparable in cost to...
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How policy changes affect shareholder wealth: The case of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
Betzer, André; Doumet, Markus; Rinne, Ulf - 2011
the unique and unexpected German reaction to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which involved the immediate shutdown …
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Nachhaltige Energieversorgung: beim Brückenschlag das Ziel nicht aus dem Auge verlieren
Kemfert, Claudia; Traber, Thure - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 23, pp. 2-9
Deutschlands Stromversorgung steht an einem Wendepunkt. Kohle ist wie die Kernkraft keine Zukunftstechnologie. Auf den Zubau von Kohlekraftwerken kann verzichtet werden, wenn rasch in den Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien investiert wird. Ein Weg in eine sichere und saubere Energieversorgung ist...
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Disaster Risk Management in Asia and the Pacific: Issues Paper
2013
This issues paper aims to help ADB DMC governments integrate Disaster Risk Management into their national developmental … strategies and examine how emerging economies of Asia can cooperate to improve their disaster risk management practices, in view … contribute to ADB’s ongoing efforts to mainstream disaster risk management into its lending strategies, strengthen the governance …
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Growth and Mitigation Policies with Uncertain Climate Damage
Bretschger, Lucas; Vinogradova, Alexandra - 2014
Climate physics predicts that the intensity of natural disasters will increase in the future due to climate change. One of the biggest challenges for economic modeling is the inherent uncertainty of climate events, which crucially affects consumption, investment, and abatement decisions. We...
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Bereinigung sozioökonomischer Effekte bei Schäden tropischer Wirbelstürme für eine Analyse zum Einfluss des Klimawandels
Schmidt, Silvio; Kemfert, Claudia; Höppe, Peter - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 77 (2008) 4, pp. 116-139
An der Atlantikküste der USA haben die ökonomischen Schäden durch tropische Wirbelstürme in den letzten zehn Jahren dramatisch zugenommen. Es ist anzunehmen, dass ein Großteil der wirtschaftlichen Schäden darauf zurückzuführen ist, dass der Wohlstand der Bevölkerung gestiegen ist und...
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Economic effects of a nuclear-phase out policy: A CGE analysis
Bretschger, Lucas; Ramer, Roger; Zhang, Lin - 2012
The paper investigates the long-run consequences of a phase-out of nuclear energy for the Swiss economy. We apply the CITE model, a CGE model with fully endogenous growth, and complement it with a bottom-up model. We find that the nuclear phase-out can be achieved at relatively low costs, even...
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Reforming Canada's disaster assistance programs
Davies, James B. - 2020
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The social and private costs of retail payment instruments: a European perspective
Schmiedel, Heiko; Kostova, Gergana; Ruttenberg, Wiebe - 2012
The European Central Bank (ECB) carried out a study of the social and private costs of different payment instruments with the participation of 13 national central banks in the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). It shows that the costs to society of providing retail payment services are...
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Social Costs of Energy Disruptions
Costantini, Valeria; Gracceva, Francesco - 2004
The costs of energy supply disruptions for industrialised economies go well beyond the economic measures of national accounts. According to different kinds of risks, physical shortages or price shocks, there are several categories of negative effects. Oil disruptions have both a direct and an...
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