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Measuring the time‐varying market efficiency in the prewar and wartime Japanese stock market, 1924–1943

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 131-159, March 2025.
Abstract This study examines the adaptive market hypothesis in the prewar and wartime Japanese stock market using a new market capitalization‐weighted price index. First, we find that the degree of market efficiency varies over time and with major historical events. This implies that the hypothesis is supported in this market.
Kenichi Hirayama, Akihiko Noda
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction to the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program and the latest strategic plan

地震科学进展
The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) is the main coordination plan for earthquake disaster reduction at the level of the Federal Government of the United States. The United States Congress has made periodic adjustments in the form of
Lin Zhu, Weiping Lian, Hongbo Chen, Yumei Li   +3 more
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Health impacts of public pawnshops in Industrialising Tokyo

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines whether expanded credit access through low‐interest small loans relaxed liquidity constraints among poor households and improved early‐life health in industrialising Tokyo. Using ward‐level panel data for 1927–1935, this study shows that public pawnshop lending was associated with 4% and 5% reductions in infant and foetal ...
Tatsuki Inoue
wiley   +1 more source

Significant Far‐Right Challenges to Australian Society? The XYZ and AustraliaOne

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars who analyse the Australian far‐right from a criminological or security studies perspective propose that activists and groups pose ‘political’ challenges to Australian society. This paper examines the far‐right news website The XYZ and the AustraliaOne political party, and argues that claims that the far‐right may normalise ...
Timothy Lynch
wiley   +1 more source

Exploration and Use of Large Model-driven Digital Humans for Popularizing Earthquake Science

CT Lilun yu yingyong yanjiu
Earthquakes in China frequently cause severe damage, underscoring the importance of actively promoting science education to enhance public awareness on earthquake prevention and disaster reduction and proactive disaster mitigation.
Demeng WU, Shaoxian ZHANG, Hongyu QIAO
doaj   +1 more source

The Anthropocene and the End of Nuclear Disaster: Normalizing the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article places the concept of disaster in critical dialogue with that of the Anthropocene, which introduces new imaginaries that negatively affect the governance of crises like nuclear accidents. I argue that tropes surrounding the Anthropocene can depict certain events as apocalyptic calamities while also portraying other events as mere “
Maxime Polleri
wiley   +1 more source

The regional disaster investigation of Dadu River of Luding earthquake and feasibility study of Green's function database application

地球与行星物理论评
On September 5, 2022, an MS6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China, causing extensive damage. The scientific expedition team of the Institute of Geophysics of the China Earthquake Administration investigated ...
Ting Huang, Zongchao Li, Fangtou Tang, Jize Sun, Changhua Fu, Xiaohui Wang, Zhiwei Ji, Mengtan Gao, Kun Ye   +8 more
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Modelling Patterns of Past Inundation Processes Combining Geoarchaeology and Morphometric Hydrological Analysis in the Shashe‐Limpopo Basin, South Africa

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Riverine and valley systems across the globe have been central to the development of past urban centres. By AD 900, the Shashe and Limpopo Rivers seem to have facilitated the interaction and integration of early farming communities in southern Africa. This paper focuses on the application of geoarchaeological perspectives made available by the
B. S. Nxumalo
wiley   +1 more source

Promoting earthquake disaster mitigation in Lebanon through civic engagement

, 2013
Purpose: Civil society organizations (CSOs) in Lebanon are among the most active groups supporting community welfare and advocating for human rights and policy reform.
Mohamad Naja, Hoda Baytiyeh, Naja M., Baytiyeh H.   +3 more
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The world is an unjust place: The impact of lifetime adversity on belief in conspiracy theories

British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Conspiracy mentality ‐ the tendency to view important events as the product of secret plots by powerful groups ‐ is known to arise from collective victimization and discrimination. Yet less is understood about how adversities such as illness, financial loss, or trauma, unrelated to social identity, foster such beliefs.
Daniel Jolley, Anna Maughan, Laura E. R. Blackie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source