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This paper uses inter-country panel data obtained during the period 1990–2010 to examine how the occurrence of natural disasters has affected corruption within the public sector. There are a number of new findings from this study. (1) Disaster with the large amount of damage increase...
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A growing number of studies have explored the influence of institution on the outcomes of disasters and accidents from the viewpoint of political economy. This paper focuses on the probability of the occurrence of disasters rather than disaster outcomes. Using panel data from 98 countries, this...
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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 … integration of risk reduction into development strategies. …
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A growing number of studies have explored the influence of institution on the outcomes of disasters and accidents from the viewpoint of political economy. This paper focuses on the probability of the occurrence of disasters rather than disaster outcomes. Using panel data from 98 countries, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368156
Climate change is likely to trigger abrupt and potentially persistent changes in the structure and function of marine ecosystems. Such ‘regime shifts' threaten the livelihoods of millions of people reliant on small-scale fisheries. Yet, it is largely unknown how resource users cope with regime...
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This research uses a difference-in-differences framework to investigate the effect of new risk information on housing … prices in Taiwan. The result shows that this information changed individual's subjective risk perception, so housing prices … in the highest risk area only temporarily dropped in the first three months after the disclosure. Also, this information …
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In RBC models, “disaster risk shocks” reproduce countercyclical risk premia but generate an increase in consumption … procyclical consumption and wages, while preserving countercyclical risk premia, in response to disaster risk shocks. The …
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social value judgments and individuals’ risk preferences, the latter raising an empirical question about choices under …, raises further complications regarding the relationship between social judgments and individuals’ risk preferences …
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The potential of geoengineering as an alternative or complementary option to mitigation and adaptation has received increased interest in recent years. The scientific assessment of geoengineering is driven to a large extent by assumptions about its effectiveness, costs, and impacts, all of which...
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flood risk (mis)perceptions. Using an array of instruments, we assess subjective risk perceptions and compare them to … objective risk estimates. Reduced-form regressions suggest flood experience, worry, coastal tenure, education, primary … homeownership, income, and wealth influence relative perceptions of risk. Common probability weighting functions do not fit the …
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