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Reflections on the current debate on how to link flood insurance and disaster risk reduction in the European Union
Surminski, S.; Aerts, Jeroen C. J. H.; Botzen, W. J. Wouter - 2015
Flood insurance differs widely in scope and form across Europe. Against the backdrop of rising flood losses a debate … paper we investigate if and how current EU policies influence flood insurance. While the question of supply and demand is at … the core of the debate, we argue that another key dimension is often overlooked: how to use insurance as a lever for risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010517702
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Reflections on the Current Debate on How to Link Flood Insurance and Disaster Risk Reduction in the European Union
Surminski, S. - 2015
Flood insurance differs widely in scope and form across Europe. Against the backdrop of rising flood losses a debate … paper we investigate if and how current EU policies influence flood insurance. While the question of supply and demand is at … the core of the debate, we argue that another key dimension is often overlooked: how to use insurance as a lever for risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013022838
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Geography matters : spatial dimensions of trade, migration and growth
Steinwachs, Thomas - 2019
This volume was prepared by Thomas Steinwachs while he was working at the ifo Center for International Economics. It was completed in September 2018 and accepted as a doctoral dissertation by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich (LMU). It is a collection of four self-contained...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011966938
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"Natural" disasters and regional governance : evidence from European NUTS-3 regions
Di Marcoberardino, Davide; Cucculelli, Marco - In: Papers in regional science : the journal of the … 103 (2024) 1, pp. 1-12
"Natural" disasters" have negative consequences for the affected areas, including significant economic impacts. Using a sample of European NUTS-3 regions over the period 2003-17, this paper examines the impact of disasters on regional economic growth and the influence of the quality of regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014632687
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The effects of natural disasters on price stability in the euro area
Beirne, John; Dafermos, Yannis; Kriwoluzky, Alexander; … - 2021
This paper investigates the impact of natural disasters on price stability in the euro area. We estimate panel and country-specific structural vector autoregression (VAR) models by combining estimated damages of disaster events with monthly data for the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012671834
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The European insurance industry : a PEST analysis
Barbara, Charmaine; Cortis, Dominic; Perotti, Roberta; … - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 5 (2017) 2, pp. 1-20
The insurance industry plays an important role for European economic stability and the threats and opportunities it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011668873
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Is the EU Fit for 55 and Beyond?
Rusche, Christian; Schaefer, Thilo - In: Intereconomics 59 (2024) 2, pp. 77-82
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Reforming the EU energy tax directive : assessing the options
Parry, Ian W. H.; Vollebergh, Herman R. J. - 2016
The efficiency case for raising fuel tax minima under the EU Energy Tax Directive (ETD) appears nuanced. Some fuels may be undertaxed (e.g., road diesel, natural gas), while others may be adequately taxed already (e.g., gasoline). Reform proposals would increase some minima, including for road...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422569
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Renewable energy targets in the context of the EU ETS : whom do they benefit exactly?
Landis, Florian; Heindl, Peter - 2016
We study how European climate and energy policy targets affect different member states and households of different income quintiles within the member states. We find that renewable energy targets in power generation, by reducing EU ETS permit prices, may make net permit exporters worse off and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444241
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Crossing the river by feeling the stones : the case of carbon trading in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2015
Putting a price on carbon is considered a crucial step for China's endeavor of harnessing the market forces to reduce its energy consumption and carbon emissions. Indeed, aligned with China's grand experiment with low-carbon provinces and low-carbon cities in six provinces and thirty-six cities,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010493045