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Engineering informal institutions : long-run impacts of alternative dispute resolution on violence and property rights in Liberia

Hartman, Alexandra; Blair, Robert A.; Blattman, Christopher - 2018

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Engineering Informal Institutions : Long-run Impacts of Alternative Dispute Resolution on Violence and Property Rights in Liberia

Hartman, Alexandra C. - 2018

Informal institutions govern property rights and disputes when formal systems are weak. Well-functioning institutions should help people reach and maintain bargains, minimizing violence. Can outside organizations engineer improvements and reduce violent conflicts? Will this improve property...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453233

Design and quantification of an extreme winter storm scenario for emergency preparedness and planning exercises in California

Dettinger, Michael; Ralph, F. Martin; Hughes, Mimi; … - In: Natural Hazards 60 (2012) 3, pp. 1085-1111

The USGS Multihazards Project is working with numerous agencies to evaluate and plan for hazards and damages that could be caused by extreme winter storms impacting California. Atmospheric and hydrological aspects of a hypothetical storm scenario have been quantified as a basis for estimation of...

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