whether experiencing financial and health-related damage caused by storms affects risk preference of individuals in Germany …Individual risk preference may change after experiencing external socio-economic or natural shocks. Theoretical … predictions and empirical studies suggest that risk taking may increase or decrease after experiencing shocks. So far the …

We investigate the accuracy of ex ante assessments of vulnerability to income poverty using cross-sectional data and … panel data. We use long-term panel data from Germany and apply different regression models, based on household covariates …. Estimates based on cross-sectional data are much less accurate than those based on panel data, but for Germany, the accuracy of …

Asia and the Pacific? This paper considers three main disaster risk factors - rising population exposure, greater … population vulnerability, and increasing climate-related hazards - behind the increased frequency of intense natural disasters …. In a regression analysis within a model of disaster risk determination, the most significant association is between the …

Asia and the Pacific? This paper considers three main disaster risk factors - rising population exposure, greater … population vulnerability, and increasing climate-related hazards - behind the increased frequency of intense natural disasters …. In a regression analysis within a model of disaster risk determination, the most significant association is between the …

energy-performance of buildings with financial data on mortgages for Germany and identifies two risk drivers - a carbon price …" portfolio compared to a "green" portfolio. Taking climate policy into account in risk management and strategy can reduce the … transition risk and open up new lending opportunities. Financial regulation can promote such behaviour. …

Research on risk communication relates basic risk perception studies to the formulation of policies, the currently … evolving legislation dealing with hazards, the key issues of public involvement, the risk and environmental management. Risk … communication is a relatively new field based on a sociological approach. The discipline comes from risk perception studies …

Research on risk communication relates basic risk perception studies to the formulation of policies, the currently … evolving legislation dealing with hazards, the key issues of public involvement, the risk and environmental management. Risk … communication is a relatively new field based on a sociological approach. The discipline comes from risk perception studies …