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A Causal Map Framework to Explain Support for Strong Leaders in Politics
International Social Science Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The article introduces a computational theory explaining why some people support strong leaders in politics, arguing that this support sometimes arises because people view a strong leader as means to address social problems. The theory proposes that people develop a causal map concerning the consequences of the rise of a strong leader.
Francesco Rigoli
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Potential Economic Losses due to Earthquakes Induced Building Damages in Ambon-Indonesia: An Event Based Probabilistic Seismic Hazards Assessment Approach [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesAmbon, in the eastern part of Indonesia, has historical records of damaging earthquake events. In the last ten years, at least there were two times of earthquakes that caused severe damages on the city.
Khalqillah Aulia +6 more
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Tsunami inundation maps for Florence, Lane County, Oregon
, 2013 plate 1. Local source (Cascadia Subduction Zone) tsunami inundation map Florence, Oregon -- plate 2. Distance source (Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone) tsunami inundation map Florence, OregonThis archived document is maintained by the Oregon State Library
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Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how salient sustainability risks from near‐miss natural disasters influence board composition. Using a difference‐in‐differences design, I find that firms located in counties neighboring disaster‐affected areas significantly increase the presence of directors with sustainability expertise following the disaster.
Bo Wang
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MASS MEDIA ROLE IN PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, AWARENESS AND SUSTAINABLE PREPAREDNESS FOR TSUNAMIS AND OTHER MARINE HAZARDS [PDF]
Science of Tsunami Hazards, 2014 Several mega-tsunamis in the last decade have caused unprecedented deaths and destruction in many countries bordering the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
George Pararas-Carayannis
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Tsunami inundation maps for Yachats, Lincoln County, Oregon
, 2013 plate 1. Local source (Cascadia Subduction Zone) tsunami inundation map Yachats, Oregon -- plate 2. Distance source (Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone) tsunami inundation map Yachats, OregonThis archived document is maintained by the Oregon State Library ...
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Welfare consequences of the compound risks of index insurance
Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.Abstract Index insurance is an attractive variant on the standard insurance contract that allows the determination of a loss event to be defined by one or more thresholds on an index that is positively correlated with actual losses. Index insurance also comes with a compound risk, basis risk.
Glenn Harrison +4 more
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Tsunami inundation maps for Denmark, Curry County, Oregon
, 2012 plate 1. Local source (Cascadia Subduction Zone) tsunami inundation map Denmark, Oregon -- plate 2. Distance source (Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone) tsunami inundation map Denmark, OregonThis archived document is maintained by the Oregon State Library ...
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Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.Abstract The Tvären structure in southeastern Sweden has been listed as a confirmed marine‐target impact structure for decades. However, to date, no measurements and/or indexed data of planar deformation features in quartz grains from the structure have been published or any other unequivocal evidence of impact.
Katarzyna J. Gajewska +6 more
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Frontiers in Earth ScienceThe Makran Subduction Zone (MSZ) is a tectonically active margin with a documented history of tsunamis that have repeatedly impacted coastal communities along the northern Arabian Sea.
Mouloud Hamidatou +5 more
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