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"This is the fourth volume of edited books constituting an eclectic collection of papers in behavioral finance based on contributions by participants of Israel Behavior Finance conferences. Like its predecessors, this book continues to be edited by Professor Itzhak Venezia (this book with Dr...

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"Climate change (CC) is currently an unquestionable phenomenon. If not stopped, it will be catastrophic for life on earth. Scientific evidence shows that human activities are the primary driver of CC tendencies since the industrial times. In this book, we present the relationship between...

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