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Some Aspects of the Economics of Catastrophe Risk Insurance [PDF]

The ability to share risk efficiently in the economy is essential to welfare and growth. However, the increased frequency of natural catastrophes over the last decade has raised once again questions associated to the limits of insurability in a free ...
Christian Gollier
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СОРАБОТКА И ФОРМИРАЊЕ СТРАТЕГИСКИ СОЈУЗИ ПОМЕЃУ ТЕРОРИЗМОТ И ТРАНСНАЦИОНАЛНИОТ ОРГАНИЗИРАН КРИМИНАЛ [PDF]

, 2016
Agenda concerning terrorism, which is associated with transnational organized crime groups, are constantly expanding. Most of the activities that terrorist groups must participate in order to achieve their goals are criminal, while in some cases criminal
Милошевска, Тања
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Effectiveness of massed cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: A retrospective analysis

Journal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.
Abstract Trauma exposure can lead to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a condition with significant individual and societal costs. Yet, access to evidence‐based PTSD treatment, such as cognitive processing therapy (CPT), remains limited. Delivering CPT on an accelerated (i.e., massed) schedule via telehealth could increase access while preserving ...
Lara Baez, Jennifer Huberty, Jacqlyn Yourell, Courtney Jewell, Eric Lin, Debra Kaysen, Lashauna Cutts, Sofia Noori, Isobel Rosenthal, Kathleen Chard   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potentially morally injurious events and posttraumatic stress symptom change across the military‐to‐civilian transition: A prospective study

Journal of Traumatic Stress, EarlyView.
Abstract This prospective study examined whether exposure to potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs), specifically self‐attributed transgressions, other‐attributed transgressions, and experiences of betrayal, predicted change in posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and reintegration difficulty during the military‐to‐civilian transition (MCT). U.S.
Walter J. Sowden, Roland Hart, George A. Bonanno   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cold EI—The Way to Improve GC‐MS and Increase Its Range of Applications

Mass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry (GC‐MS) with Cold electron ionization (EI) is based on interfacing the GC and MS with a supersonic molecular beam (SMB) along with electron ionization of vibrationally cold sample compounds in the SMB in a contact‐free fly‐through ion source (hence the name Cold EI).
Aviv Amirav, Benny Neumark, Oneg Elkabets, Alex Yakovchuk   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scheduling Bodyguards

Naval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Security agencies around the world use bodyguards to protect government officials and public figures. In this paper, we consider a two‐person zero‐sum game between a defender who allocates such bodyguards to protect several targets and an attacker who chooses one target to attack.
Loe Schlicher, Kyle Y. Lin, Moshe Kress
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the Rapids: How Non‐Governmental Organization Managers Develop Strategic Adaptation to Repressive Political Environments

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the management adaptation strategies non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) managers employ in order to operate in repressive political environments. It answers the question: how do NGO managers initiate, manage and sustain internal change when the political/regulatory environment changes?
Charles Kaye‐Essien, Shahjahan Bhuiyan, Ghadeer Ali   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sword or shield? The influence of international organizations in counterterrorism law and policy making [PDF]

, 2018
The protections afforded citizens in human rights treaties drafted by international organisations such as the United Nations may frequently be seen as a way of protecting unpopular minorities such as offenders from the “tyranny of the majority”.Yet ...
Hamilton, Claire
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Political Stability and Economic Development: Institutional Sclerosis and the Moderating Role of Institutions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the non‐linear effects of political stability on economic development and explores the moderating role of institutional factors. Drawing on panel data from 162 countries between 2007 and 2022, we employ a system generalised method of moments (system‐GMM) estimator to test the hypothesis that political stability follows ...
Yu Ri Kim, Woojin Kim, Yunseo Roh, Taewoo Roh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concentration of Political Power and Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries: Evidence Using the Quantile Regression Method

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of constitutional power concentration on adaptation to climate change in 113 countries observed between 1995 and 2023 using the quantile regression method. The results reveal that the concentration of constitutional power hinders countries' adaptation to climate change through inequalities ...
Simplice A. Asongu, Cherif Abdramane
wiley   +1 more source