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The robustness of flood insurance regimes given changing risk resulting from climate change
Climate Risk Management, 2014 The changing risk of flooding associated with climate change presents different challenges for the different flood insurance market models in use around the world, which vary in respect of consumer structure and their risk transfer mechanism. A review of
Jessica Lamond, Edmund Penning-Rowsell
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Generalized Johnson Distributions and Risk Functionals
Mathematics, 2022 In this paper, we study the generalized Johnson distributions’ class and its applications in finance and risk theory. The recent literature on Johnson distributions displays a better gooodness of fitting for data coming from financial markets, such as ...
Christos Floros +2 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Detecting proteins secreted by a single cell while retaining its viability remains challenging. A particles‐in‐particle (PiPs) system made by co‐encapsulating barcoded microparticles (BMPs) with a single cell inside an alginate hydrogel particle is introduced.
Félix Lussier +10 more
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TRAVEL RISKS INSURANCE: PROBLEMS OF THEORY AND PRACTICE
Economies' Horizons, 2018 У статті розкрито сутність та специфічні риси туристичних ризиків, розглянуто специфіку страхового захисту учасників туристичного ринку від їх впливу. Охарактеризовано систему послуг щодо забезпечення страхового захисту від ризикових ситуацій під час туристичної подорожі громадян, окреслено проблеми, що виникають при цьому, запропоновано шляхи їх розв ...
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study finds that the interaction between ABA‐OsCIPK2‐OsSWEET1A reduces the allocation of methane producing bacteria carbon source (acetic acid) content to the rhizosphere soil of ratoon season rice, thereby reducing methane emissions. Abstract Rice paddies are a major, persistent source of atmospheric methane (CH4), emission rates depend on the ...
Jingnan Zou +14 more
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Climate ServicesSouth Africa is repeatedly hit by flooding, and it is getting worse with climate change and urbanisation. Applying Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) theory and Protection Motivation Theory (PMT), this study explores low-income households ...
David Lefutso +3 more
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Assessing Systemic Risk in the Insurance Sector via Network Theory
, 2020 We provide a framework for detecting relevant insurance companies in a systemic risk perspective. Among the alternative methodologies for measuring systemic risk, we propose a complex network approach where insurers are linked to form a global interconnected system.
Clemente, GP, Cornaro, A
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.The Single‐Nanostructured Optoelectronic Vehicle for neuromodulation Activation (SNOVA) establishes a paradigm for non‐genetic, implant‐free neuromodulation. By integrating NIR‐excitable UCNPs with broadband‐absorbing perovskite QDs, SNOVA efficiently converts deeply penetrating light into localized electric fields that modulate neuronal ion dynamics ...
Luyue Jiang +19 more
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RISK AVERSION AND MOTOR INSURANCE DEMAND: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA [PDF]
Annals of the University of Craiova: Economic Sciences Series, 2019 Insurance demand is often pushed by high level aversion of risk. Risk aversion is seen as the heartbeat of the demand for insurance. Therefore, this study examined the relationships between risk aversion and insurance demand with its empirical findings ...
Sunday Stephen AJEMUNIGBOHUN +1 more
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INNOVATIVE FINANCIAL CRITERIA FOR METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE ASSESSMENT OF AGRARIAN INSURANCE
Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, 2019 The purpose of this article is to study the experience of financial support of agricultural insurance system of Ukraine. Investigated peculiarities of innovative financial criteria of methodological approaches to the estimation of agrarian insurance ...
Yuliia Aleskerova +2 more
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