economic fables - ariel rubinstein
The table below shows social and economic indicators for four countries in 1994
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.1
... Porfiriev Climate change as environmental and economic hazard Guest Editor Boris Porfiriev Russian Academy of Sciences Climate change as environmental and economic hazard ■ The current policy for climate ... climate change and its attributed environmental and socio -economic consequences over past decades, particularly over the last several years, ha...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.2
... of climate change, the increasing intensity and fre- quency of natural disasters and extreme weather events (Srinivas and Nakagawa, 2008; Smith et al., 2009). The rate of increase of disasters as well ... population and a hazard event. Consequently, climate change will have a twofold effect on disaster risk: (1) through the increase in weather and climate hazards, and...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.3
... Develop- ment), 2009. IPCC to Prepare Special Report on Extreme Events and Disasters. IISD Reporting Services. http:// climate- l.org/2009/04/29/ipcc-to-prepare-special- report-on-extreme-events -and- disasters/. IPCC ... construction. Science and Public Policy, 30(4). 235. Helmer, M. and Hilhorst, D. J. M., 2006. Natural disas- ters and climate change. Disasters, 30(1). 1–4. Hoga...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.4
... discussion). Specifically, if one looks at the increasing activity in the basin the increase has occurred in the east- ernmost part of the basin, far from land. The activity in areas where landfall takes place shows very ... understanding as well as some indi- cations of skilful in-sample explanatory power (i.e. retrodictions or hindcasts), no methodology has yet shown skilful out-of-sampl...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 1.5
... third-quarter catastrophe claims, says ISO’s Property Claim Services Unit. www.iso.com/Press- Releases/2008/Insurers-to-Pay-$ 11. 5- Billion-in-Third- Quarter-Catastrophe-Claims-Says-ISOs-Property-Claim- Service.html. Jagger, ... increased concern among scientists about the speed and severity of climate change. The faster-than-expected pace of observed climate change, a better unders...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.1
... natural disaster risk under climate and socio -economic change 2.1. Impact of socio -economic developments on natural catastrophe damage Human-induced developments are a major deter- minant of ... 2007). 2.2. Climate change and the frequency and severity of natural disasters In addition to socio -economic developments, climate change may increase the intensity and seve...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.2
... losses during and after a disaster, and emphasizes inge- nuity and resourcefulness applied. In the context of climate change Timmerman (1981) defines resilience as the capacity to absorb and recover ... need to be updated due to socio -economic developments and climate change. In case climate change increases the frequency or severity of extreme weather, the ‘natural h...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.3
... Regional pro- jections of climate and socio -economic change and modelling of future changes in natural disas- ter risks are needed to steer adaptation and risk management strategies. An understanding ... world’s first climate change crisis. As a drought-prone country with massive fossil fuel resources, and with important economic sectors such as agricul- ture and tour...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.4
... hostage by the poli- ticians, it should not be read as if the groups of scientists were denying climate change. On the contrary, climate change was in general men- tioned as one of the underlying ... political nerves was the connection with climate change, 234 Olsson ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS with extensive wetlands which perform essential hydrological, biological and chemical...
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Climate change as environmental and economic hazard - phần 2.5
... fact that Minister Penny Wong was the minister for climate change and water. 5. The Coorong Wetlands are one of the most impor- tant wetlands in Australia. The wetland consists of ocean beach, ... Engels, A. and Pansegrau, P., 2000. Risks of communication: discourses on climate change in science, politics, and the mass media. Public Under- standing of Science, 9(3). 261–283. Wes...
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How and Where Capital Account Liberalization Leads to Economic Growth
... predictor of long-run rates of economic growth, capital accumulation and productivity improvements. It has been shown elsewhere (Arestis and Demetriades, 1997) that although King and Levine ... O.P. and Fattouh, B. (2003), “Financial Policies and the Aggregate Productivity of the Capital Stock”, Eastern Economic Journal, 29(2), pp. 217-242. Arestis, P., P. Demetria...
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modeling bounded rationality - ariel rubinstein
... Introduction 1 Modeling and Bounded Rationality The series of lectures that constitute the chapters in this book con- cerns modeling bounded rationality. The choice of the title modeling bounded rationality ... United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rubinstein, Ariel. Modeling bounded rationality / Ariel Rubinstein. p. cm. — (...
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economic fables - ariel rubinstein
... Economic Fables Ariel Rubinstein Economic Fables Economic Fables Introduction Rational, Irrational Game Theory: A Beautiful Mind The Jungle Tale and the Market Tale Economics, Pragmatics ... Tale Economics, Pragmatics and Seven Traps (Sort of ) Economic Policy Bibliographical Notes Acknowledgements Economic Fables Ariel Rubinstein is Professor of Economics at Tel Avi...
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