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Risk and risk perception: the metropolitan imaginary of catastrophe at the time of the Covid-19
, 2021 The Covid-19 health emergency takes place in the list of “new risks” that punctuate the scene of the “world risk society” (Beck, 2011). This state of affairs, characterized by the worsening of the feeling of uncertainty and anguish, finds its raison d ...
Elena SAVONA
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npj Natural HazardsDynamic rupture directivity significantly impacts earthquake hazard and loss assessments; yet, it is often overlooked, leading to uncertainties. We developed high-resolution, broadband, deterministic scenarios for earthquake hazards and losses of the ...
Yilong Li +7 more
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Disaster risk financing and contingent credit : a dynamic analysis [PDF]
This paper aims to assist policy makers interested in establishing or strengthening financial strategies to increase the financial response capacity of developing country governments in the aftermath of natural disasters, while protecting their long-term
Mahul, Olivier, Clarke, Daniel
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A canonical first passage time model to pricing nature-linked bonds [PDF]
This paper shows that pricing catastrophe bonds boils down to computing first-passage time distributions of jump-diffusion processes. It derives a generic valuation expression by assuming that the jump risk is not systematic and then performs simulations,
Victor Vaugirard
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Sovereign natural disaster insurance for developing countries : a paradigm shift in catastrophe risk financing [PDF]
Economic theory suggests that countries should ignore uncertainty for public investment and behave as if indifferent to risk because they can pool risks to a much greater extent than private investors can. This paper discusses the general economic theory
Ghesquiere, Francis, Mahul, Olivier
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Managing the Risk of Natural Catastrophes: The Role and Functioning of State Insurance Programs [PDF]
This paper surveys state-mandated programs designed to provide natural catastrophe insurance to property owners and businesses unable to find a policy in the private market.
Kousky, Carolyn
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Event Report - Understanding Research Priorities in Natural Catastrophe Insurance
On the 11th of June, the Royal Meteorological Society, the Lighthill Risk Network and UCL hosted an afternoon workshop, focused on identifying and compiling the research interests of the natural catastrophe insurance community.
Dickie Whitaker +7 more
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, 2014 La dernière catastrophe. L’histoire, le présent, le contemporain, Henri Rousso, Paris, Gallimard, Essais, 2013 Nancy Berthier Né au Caire en 1954, Henri Rousso appartient à une génération d’historiens de « l’après », une génération pour laquelle la ...
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Pricing Excess-of-loss Reinsurance Contracts Against Catastrophic Loss [PDF]
This paper develops a pricing methodology and pricing estimates for the proposed Federal excess-of- loss (XOL) catastrophe reinsurance contracts.
J. David Cummins +2 more
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, 2015 Qu’est ce qu’est le cinéma catastrophe ? S’agit-il d’un genre ? Faut-il parler du cinéma de la catastrophe ou vaut-il mieux utiliser le mot désastre… ou le mot apocalypse comme le fait Peter Zendy ? La question terminologique n’est pas facile à résoudre.
David Jurado
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