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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 +3 more
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, 2001 Se analiza la propagación de tsunamis transoceánicos y de tsunamis regionales. En e primer caso el objetivo es establecer criterios para evaluar la alerta de tsunamis transoceánicos.
MODESTO ORTIZ FIGUEROA
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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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Abschätzung der Gefährdung durch Tsunamis in perialpinen Seen infolge Unterwasserhangrutschungen
, 2020 Historische Ereignisse haben gezeigt, dass Tsunamis nicht nur im marinen Bereich, sondern auch in Binnenseen auftreten können. Eine der Hauptursachen von See Tsunamis sind subaquatische Massenbewegungen.
Kremer, K +6 more
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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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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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THE POTENTIAL OF TSUNAMI GENERATION ALONG THE MAKRAN SUBDUCTION ZONE IN THE NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA. CASE STUDY: THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI OF NOVEMBER 28, 1945 [PDF]
Science of Tsunami Hazards, 2006 Although large earthquakes along the Makran Subduction Zone are infrequent, the potential for the generation of destructive tsunamis in the Northern Arabian Sea cannot be overlooked.
George Pararas-Carayannis
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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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ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF REINFORCED EARTH WALL FOR SHORE PROTECTION SYSTEM AGAINST TSUNAMI [PDF]
Science of Tsunami Hazards, 2009 The evaluation and design of coastal shore protection works for tsunamis assumed considerable importance following the impact of the 26th December 2004 tsunami in India and other countries of Asia.
Amit Srivastava, G. L. Sivakumar Babu
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Análisis de las presiones en el espadón de diques en talud bajo la acción de tsunamis, basado en ensayos de laboratorio [PDF]
, 2019 Los autores quieren agradecer la financiación de este trabajo al proyecto ASTARTE (Assessment, Strategy and Risk Reduction for Tsunamis in Europe, FP7/2007-2013 nº603839)
González Rodríguez, Ernesto Mauricio +3 more
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