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Rippel, Milan; Teplý, Petr - 2008

Operational risk management and measurement has been paid an increasing attention in last years. The main two reasons are the Basel II requirements that were to be complied with by all international active financial institutions by the end of 2006 and recent severe operational risk loss events....

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The impact of heat waves on electricity spot markets

Pechan, Anna; Eisenack, Klaus - 2013

Thermoelectric power plants depend on cooling water drawn from water bodies. Low river run-off and/or high water temperatures limit a plant's production capacity. This problem may intensify with climate change. To what extent do such capacity reductions affect electricity spot markets? Who bears...

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Climate (change) and conflict: Resolving a puzzle of association and causation

Almer, Christian; Boes, Stefan - 2012

There is an ongoing discussion especially among political scientists and economists whether and how climate variability affects civil conflicts and wars in developing countries. Given the predicted climatic changes, several studies argue that increasing temperatures or decreasing precipitation...

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Scenarios and Options for Productivity Growth in Philippine Agriculture: An Application of the Agricultural Multimarket Model for Policy Evaluation (AMPLE)

Briones, Roehlano M. - 2010

Sustaining and accelerating agricultural growth remains a development imperative in view of persistent rural poverty and emerging threats to food security. While growth can be achieved by expansion of agricultural area and input intensification, growth through improvement in productivity is a...

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Rethinking the world of aid in the twenty first century

Heller, Peter S. - 2011

Many concerns can be raised about the effectiveness of current aid programmes to developing countries. The appropriateness of aid is particularly questionable when one considers the likely character of the challenges that the global economy will confront in 2025, as suggested by alternative...

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The potential impact of the war in Ukraine on the Irish economy

Egan, Paul; Bergin, Adele; O'Toole, Conor - 2023

The war in Ukraine and the subsequent increase in energy and other commodity prices has dampened the economic outlook. There are increased downside risks to economic activity and there is also considerable uncertainty around any economic projections and how they may evolve in the future. This...

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Taming the Green Swan: How to improve climate-related financial risk assessments

Bingler, Julia Anna; Colesanti Senni, Chiara - 2020

Climate-related financial risks might have the potential to trigger the next systemic financial crisis, as recently stated by the Bank of International Settlements. In consequence, understanding these so-called Green Swan risks should be a key priority in financial decision-making and...

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Volkswirtschaftliche Folgekosten durch Klimawandel: Szenarioanalyse bis 2050. Studie im Rahmen des Projektes Kosten durch Klimawandelfolgen in Deutschland

Flaute, Markus; Reuschel, Saskia; Stöver, Britta - 2022

. a. Hitze, Dürre, Starkregen und Flusshochwasser werden durch den Klimawandel in Zukunft sehr wahrscheinlich häufiger und … diesen Risiken mit Anpassungen an den Klimawandel begegnet werden kann. Die KWRA 2021 liefert somit eine qualitative … Zukunft bei unterschiedlichen Klimawandel-Entwicklungsszenarien (schwach, mittel und stark) rechnen muss. Die Analyse umfasst …

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Tourism in the MED 11 countries

Lanquar, Robert - 2011

For the last two decades, MED11 counties (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestinian Autonomy, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey) have recorded the highest growth rate in inbound world tourism. In the same time, domestic tourism in these countries was growing very fast. MED 11...

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Energy and climate change in China

Carraro, Carlo; Massetti, Emanuele - 2011

The paper examines future energy and emissions scenarios in China, presenting historical data and scenarios generated using the Integrated Assessment Model WITCH. A Business-as-Usual scenario is compared with four scenarios in which Greenhouse Gases emissions are taxed, at different levels. Key...

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