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Kahn (2005) found that ethnic heterogeneity reduces the number of deaths caused by natural disasters, a finding that is contrary to theoretical predictions. This paper casts doubt on this finding and uses cross-country data from 1965 to 2008 to conduct a re-estimation. To alleviate omitted...
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-surplus regions suggest that in situations where all producers are subjected to a common source of risk (e.g. rainfall): I …
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Does fractionalization change over time? If so, are there any substantial implications for economic performance? To answer such questions, we construct a new panel data set with fractionalization measures for 26 former communist countries covering the period from 1989 to 2002. Our...
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Does fractionalization change over (short periods of) time? If so, are there any substantial implications for economic performance? To answer such questions, we construct a new panel data set with measures of fractionalization for 26 former communist countries covering the period from 1989 to...
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Kahn (2005) found that ethnic heterogeneity reduces the number of deaths caused by natural disasters, a finding that is contrary to theoretical predictions. This paper casts doubt on this finding and conducts a re-estimation. To control for measurement problems, I have used not only an ethnic...
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experience of such disasters affects the perception of the risk of nuclear accidents. Estimation results show that the perceived … risk of a nuclear accident is positively associated with experiencing technological disasters but not with that of natural …
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disasters has affected corruption within the public sector. There are a number of new findings from this study. (1) Disaster …, frequency of occurrence of disaster plays important role on increasing corruption. This suggests that foreseeable disasters … increase corruption. In developed countries, people have an incentive to live within disaster-prone areas to seek compensation. …
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disaster outcomes. Using panel data from 98 countries, this paper examines how public sector corruption is associated with the …
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governments and civil society face in identifying and protecting the areas that are at risk of extreme events. This paper presents … manifestation of high levels of risk. It shows the result of the application of the methodology to Desinventar dataset, which covers … to contribute to the international effort to identify, assess and monitor disaster risks to allow the effective …
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The objective of the paper is to analyze the risk management behavior of a non-industrial private forest owner under … regeneration process for physical practice) and expected risk. We show, for example, that an increase in expected risk has a …
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