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Natural Disasters, Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in China-An Empirical Study Using Provincial Panel Data
(Sustainability, 2015)Using a newly developed integrated indicator system with entropy weighting, we analyzed the panel data of 577 recorded disasters in 30 provinces of China from 1985-2011 to identify their links with the subsequent economic ... -
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Mapping the Future of Occupations: Transformative and Destructive Effects of New Digital Technologies on Jobs
(Foresight and Sti Governance, 2019)We investigate the impact of new digital technologies upon occupations. We argue that these impacts may be both destructive and transformative. The destructive effects of digitalization substitute human labor, while ... -
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Collaborative Modeling to Assess Drought Resiliency of Snow-Fed River Dependent Communities in the Western United States: A Case Study in the Truckee-Carson River System
(2017)Assessing the drought resilience of snow-fed river dependent communities in the arid Western United States has taken on critical importance in response to changing climatic conditions. The process of assessing drought ... -
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Industrial Policy to Develop a Multi-Firm Industry
(2017)Governments face pressure to act when coordination and learning externalities block development of otherwise-profitable industries that would produce merit goods for the domestic market. A short-term subsidy that offsets ... -
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Consistency of Trend Break Point Estimator with Underspecified Break Number
(2017)This paper discusses the consistency of trend break point estimators when the number of breaks is underspecified. The consistency of break point estimators in a simple location model with level shifts has been well documented ... -
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Adapting to Variable Water Supply in the Truckee-Carson River System, Western USA
(2017)In snow-fed inland river systems in the western United States, water supply depends upon timing, form, and amount of precipitation. In recent years, this region has experienced unprecedented drought conditions due to ... -
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Does Experiencing a Crash Make All the Difference? An Experiment on the Depression Babies Hypothesis
(2018)Do people who lived through the depression take fewer financial risks because of the negative returns experienced? More generally, what is the importance of historical return streams on current investment decisions? This ... -
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Government Cheese: A Case Study of Price Supports
(2019)In this paper, we present a case study that uses a Planet Money podcast to introduce microeconomics students to several important concepts. The podcast, which is about a policy intervention in the dairy industry, will help ...
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