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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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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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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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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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Marktkonforme Versicherungspflicht für Naturkatastrophen: Bausteine einer Elementarschadenversicherung
Schwarze, Reimund; Wagner, Gert G. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 70 (2003) 12, pp. 183-189
Probleme weitgehend gelöst werden. Die Grundidee einer praktikablen Elementarschadenversicherung ist zweigeteilt: Erstens …
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Storm disaster: Compulsory insurance makes sense!
Wagner, Gert G. - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 101 (2021) 8, pp. 578-579
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Naturkatastrophen und Klimaänderung: Befürchtungen und Handlungsoptionen der Versicherungswirtschaft
Berz, Gerhard - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 74 (2005) 2, pp. 169-174
Die Häufigkeit großer Wetterkatastrophen hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten deutlich zugenommen. Dies betrifft auch die Versicherungsbranche, die einen Anstieg der wetterbedingten Schadensfälle registriert. Der Beitrag fasst die Entwicklung zusammen und zeigt, dass die Versicherungswirtschaft...
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Innovation, Internationalization and Entrepreneurship
Korsakienė, Renata (contributor);  … - 2021
Over the past years, businesses have had to tackle the issues caused by numerous forces from political, technological and societal environment. The changes in the global market and increasing uncertainty require us to focus on disruptive innovations and to investigate this phenomenon from...
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Disaster risk management at the regional level: The case of Asia and the Pacific
Jeggle, Terry - 2013
Hazards have no respect for the political boundaries of countries so it is essential for disaster risk management (DRM … disaster risks throughout the region. Regional attributes include the beneficial attention of distributed specialist technical …, scientific, and academic institutions that are motivated by interests beyond disaster concerns. …
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Barriers to household risk management: Evidence from India
Cole, Shawn; Giné, Xavier; Tobacman, Jeremy; Topalova, … - 2009
Financial engineering offers the potential to significantly reduce the consumption fluctuations faced by individuals, households, and firms. Yet much of this potential remains unfulfilled. This paper studies the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product designed to compensate...
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