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This research explores the origins of loss aversion and the variation in its prevalence across regions, nations and ethnic group. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the evolution of loss aversion in the course of human history can be traced to the adaptation of...
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geographic distribution of harms documented here have the potential to significantly alter assessments of optimal climate policy. …
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This research explores the origins of loss aversion and the variation in its prevalence across regions, nations and ethnic group. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the evolution of loss aversion in the course of human history can be traced to the adaptation of...
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social welfare has important implications for both the economics of climate change and comparative development. … physical and cognitive function? While many studies have explored the indirect links between climate and welfare (e … further evidence in support of a physiologically based causal mechanism. This more direct causal link between climate and …
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being justified by allegedly positive effects on the climate, energy, and agricultural policy. The working paper takes a …
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). Human-induced climate change will alter intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, hence flood risk (IPCC 2012 …
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sunny yet mild climate, shun climes that are too hot or too cold. A country's tourists' aversion for poverty and distance … can be predicted by that country's average per capita income. The preferred holiday climate is the same for all tourists …, independent of the home climate. However, tourists from hotter climates have more pronounced preferences …
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Zur Rekonstruktion der jungquartären Landschaftsentwicklung am Kilimanjaro werden Sedimente aus Paläoböden am Mt Kilimanjaro untersucht, um die lokale und regionale Ökosystem-, Klima-, Feuerdynamik in einem größeren Rahmen zu verstehen. Desweiteren soll die Reaktion der Ökosysteme auf...
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