Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Disasters exacerbated by climate change have prompted adaptation measures, including seawall heightening, which is an effective approach to protecting coastal areas. However, the combined effect of rising sea levels and tsunamis can create a compound coastal hazard, in which long‐term sea level rise amplifies the impact of tsunamis.
Yushi Miki +7 more
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An Islamic Scheme of Equitable Distribution of Income and Wealth
American Journal of Islam and Society, 1995 Muhammad Iqbal Anjum
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Examining wealth-related inequality in childhood vaccination in Fiji using the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2021. [PDF]
Int HealthLam C +4 more
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Legacy effects of redlining on the distribution of greenspaces in US cities
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.We investigated how a discriminatory housing policy—redlining—has shaped the spatial patterns and configurations of greenspaces throughout 177 cities in the contiguous US. Housing segregation has been a long‐term development practice that has sequestered communities of color to areas with elevated environmental and public health risks.
Travis Gallo +4 more
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Pooled incidence and predictors of infant mortality in low- and middle-income countries using gamma shared frailty model: Insights for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. [PDF]
PLoS OneAsgedom DK +7 more
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Journal of Forecasting, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper adopts a bivariate Markov‐switching multifractal (BMSM) model to reexamine comovement in SV between commodity, foreign exchange (FX), and stock markets. After the 2007–2008 global financial crisis understanding volatility linkages and the correlation structure between these markets becomes very important for risk analysts, portfolio
Ruipeng Liu +3 more
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Should multinationals care about development? Rethinking global strategy in an unequal world
Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary While multinational corporations (MNCs) can profoundly shape global development trajectories, global strategy research has largely treated development as peripheral to core strategic concerns. This Perspective paper examines the contested relationship between global strategy and development, arguing that MNCs are neither ...
Marcus M. Larsen +2 more
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Pharmaceutical Pricing and R&D as a Global Public Good
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the international variation in the prices of branded pharmaceuticals. We consider short‐run profits, or quasi‐rents, as representing each country's contribution toward the global public good of therapeutic information embodied in new pharmaceuticals.
H. E. Frech III +3 more
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Trends in overweight and obesity among reproductive-age women in Bangladesh: Analysis of nationally representative surveys over a decade. [PDF]
PLoS OneAnika US +3 more
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Evaluation of a Partial Ban on Rx‐Rebates in Germany
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigate patients' price sensitivity for prescription (Rx) drugs with regards to patronizing online or brick‐and‐mortar pharmacies. In doing so, we exploit a policy change in Germany that prohibited online pharmacies from granting rebates to one part of the population, the members of the statutory health insurance scheme.
Maximilian M. Gail +3 more
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