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Early‐Life Disaster Exposure and the Investment Response to Monetary Policy

Financial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We place CEOs' formative experiences at the center of analyzing how firms respond to monetary policy. Specifically, we examine how early‐life exposure to natural disasters shapes CEOs’ investment behavior following monetary shocks. CEOs with exposure to moderate natural disasters during their formative years exhibit stronger risk‐taking ...
Samer Adra, Yang Gao, Elie Menassa, Jiayi Yuan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Empirical Analysis of Running-Behavior Influencing Factors for Crashes with Different Economic Losses

Urban Science
Miniature commercial trucks constitute a critical component of urban freight systems but face elevated crash risk due to distinctive driving patterns, frequent operation, and variable loads.
Peng Song, Yiping Wu, Hongpeng Zhang, Jian Rong, Ning Zhang, Jun Ma, Xiaoheng Sun   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Make Social Media Social Again: How Platform Interoperability Can Fix Social Media and Future‐Proof Democracy

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay argues that social media document (rather than fuel) the decline of political democracy while helping revive organizational democracy, including through ‘decentralized autonomous organizations’ (DAOs). Yet, despite giving everyone a voice and the ability to organize across borders, social media could over‐concentrate power if, in ...
J.P. Vergne
wiley   +1 more source

MORTGAGE INSURANCE AS A TOOL TO MAKE MORTGAGES MORE AFFORDABLE

Финансы: теория и практика, 2017
Nowadays, it is impossible to take out a mortgage without Private Mortgage Insurance. However, it is not obligatory for the borrower to insure against all the risks suggested by the bank.
G. T. Daraseliya
doaj  

Blockchain-Based Zero-Trust Supply Chain Security Integrated with Deep Reinforcement Learning for Inventory Optimization

Future Internet
Modern supply chain systems face significant challenges, including lack of transparency, inefficient inventory management, and vulnerability to disruptions and security threats.
Zhe Ma, Xuhesheng Chen, Tiejiang Sun, Xukang Wang, Ying Cheng Wu, Mengjie Zhou   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Protocol for an economic evaluation alongside the University Health Network Whiplash Intervention Trial: cost-effectiveness of education and activation, a rehabilitation program, and the legislated standard of care for acute whiplash injury in Ontario

BMC Public Health, 2011
Background Whiplash injury affects 83% of persons in a traffic collision and leads to whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). A major challenge facing health care decision makers is identifying cost-effective interventions due to lack of economic evidence ...
van der Velde Gabrielle, Côté Pierre, Bayoumi Ahmed M, Cassidy J David, Boyle Eleanor, Shearer Heather M, Stupar Maja, Jacobs Craig, Ammendolia Carlo, Carette Simon, van Tulder Maurits   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

From gateway to value ladder—The curious case of online mutual aid in China

Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how InsurTech‐enabled information provision, specifically the disclosure of claimant information previously unavailable in conventional insurance, influences individuals' insurance uptake. We leverage Mutual Aid (MA) platforms as a natural context to examine how socially framed loss information, peer influence, and salience
Ze Chen, Runhuan Feng, Miao Guo, Tianyang Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Survival of the Royals

Kyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study the effect of royal status—a historically rooted legal privilege enjoyed by hereditary monarchs and their families—on human longevity, a proxy of individuals' health capital. We disentangle the effect of royal status that encompassed serving as heads of state from that of other royal family members and compare it to their contemporary
Alberto Batinti, Joan Costa‐Font, Vasuprada Shandar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Responding to Regulatory Feedback: Financial Capacity, Revenue Expectations, and Firms' Responses to the Authority's Recommendations

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In various regulatory settings, firms receive feedback (i.e., firm‐specific private advice) from authorities on how to improve compliance. Although the literature sheds light on the authorities' decision of when to provide feedback, less is known about firms' decisions on how to respond.
Sanne R. van Duin, Henri C. Dekker, Juan P. Mendoza, Jacco L. Wielhouwer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Future Climate Change Assessment in Flood Risk Management: A Synthesis of Practices in Germany and the BeNeLux Countries

Journal of Flood Risk Management, Volume 19, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Climate change, with its links to an intensified water cycle, heavier rainfall, and potentially higher flood peaks, raises concerns about the adequacy of current flood risk management. The devastating July 2021 floods in western Europe underscored these concerns, highlighting the need for transboundary cooperation and shared expertise in ...
Elena Macdonald, Bruno Merz, Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts, Benjamin Dewals, Jaap C. J. Kwadijk, Kymo Slager, Patrick Willems, Davide Zoccatelli, Sergiy Vorogushyn   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source