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logisticsis reviewed and analyzed in four aspects: tropical cyclone disaster, basic theory and method of emergency logistics …Objective - The purpose of this paper is to find out the key research direction and disaster relief optimization method … the discovery. In terms of disaster types, most of the existing research results pay more attentionto earthquake, flood …
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In the aftermath of natural disasters, governments frequently provide financial aid for affected households. This policy can have adverse effects if individuals anticipate it and forgo private precaution measures. While theoretical literature unequivocally suggests this so called "charity...
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In the aftermath of natural disasters, governments frequently provide financial aid for affected households. This policy can have adverse effects if individuals anticipate it and forgo private precaution measures. While theoretical literature unequivocally suggests this so called “charity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011782550
costs but also to natural disaster risks. Costly insurance and charity donation both lead to low insurance purchase. While …
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natural catastrophes. Amidst budgetary cuts, there is a growing concern on societies' ability to design solvent disaster …
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The paper analyzes the scope for the private market for pandemic insurance and discusses the potential role of the financial market and the government. Building on a premise that pandemics are classified as catastrophic risks by the insurance industry, we start by providing a framework that...
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Our paper analyses the effect of natural catastrophes on insurance demand in a developing economy and the specific role of insurance regulation in this relationship. We base our analysis on a theoretical model as well as a panel regression using household survey level data for Vietnam and...
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This paper studies social welfare in markets for natural disaster insurance. I quantify frictions in uptake, test for … adverse selection, and estimate the welfare effects of proposed policy reforms by developing a model of natural disaster … insurance markets and compiling new data. The paper has three main findings. First, willingness to pay for natural disaster …
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in disaster preparedness have recently attracted renewed attention. We examine how non-hypothetical self …-insurance behavior by households responds to variations in public investments in relief capabilities based on a large disaster …
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