Essays about: "catastrophe"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 65 essays containing the word catastrophe.

  1. 11. The Effect of Natural Catastrophes on the Secondary CAT Bond Market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Hannah Kaltenegger; Elias Stürz; [2020]
    Keywords : CAT bond; Secondary CAT bond market; Natural catastrophes; CAT bond trading; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The impact natural catastrophes have on society has become increasingly costly in recent years. This has led to a higher need for financing, which has historically been provided by (re)insurance companies. READ MORE

  3. 12. Does Bad News Affect Trade?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Proma Paromita Chowdhury; [2020]
    Keywords : consumer boycott; Rana Plaza; Google trends; Gravity model; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The research paper analyses the impact of negative news, in terms of shock, on the binary trading relationship of Bangladesh with the rest of the world using the readymade garment industrial catastrophe of Rana Plaza collapse of 2013. To assess the geographical distribution of negative news, the per capita volume of search index from Google Trends is treated as the key variable. READ MORE

  4. 13. Development and Assessment of Re-Fleet Assignment Model under Environmental Considerations

    University essay from KTH/Optimeringslära och systemteori

    Author : Prashant Prashant; [2020]
    Keywords : Aviation; Fleet Assignment; Greenhouse Gases; Linear Optimization; Resource Management; Applied Mathematics; Mathematical Modelling; Flygindustrin; Tillämpad Matematik; Linjär Optimering; Fleet Assignment; matematisk modellering;

    Abstract : The imminent threat of global catastrophe due to climate change gets more real by each passing year. The Aviation trade association, IATA, claims that Aviation accounts for approximately 2% of the Greenhouse Gases (GHG) caused by human activities, and 3.5% of the total Radiative Forcing. READ MORE

  5. 14. Parent Company Liability for Torts of Subsidiaries : A Comparative Study of Swedish and UK Company Law with Emphasis on Piercing the Corporate Veil and Implications for Victims of Torts and Human Rights Violations

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Matilda Lindblad; [2020]
    Keywords : Company Law; Piercing the Corporate Veil; Lifting the Corporate Veil; Business and Human Rights; Tort Creditor; Company Group; Multinational Company Group; Limited Liability; Bhopal; Human Rights; UK Company Law; Swedish Company Law; United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; UNGPs; Parent Company Liability; Subsidiaries Debts; Subsidiaries Torts.; Associationsrätt; Ansvarsgenombrott; Mänskliga rättigheter; Företagande och mänskliga rättigheter; Moderbolags ansvar; Dotterbolags skulder; Dotterbolags skadevållande; Skadestånd; FN:s vägledande principer för företag och mänskliga rättigheter; koncern; multinationell koncern; Bhopal;

    Abstract : The gas leak disaster in Bhopal, India, in 1984 illustrates a situation of catastrophe and mass torts resulting in loss of life and health as well as environmental degradation. The Indian company Union Carbide India Limited, who owned and operated the chemical plant that caused the disaster, did not have sufficient assets to compensate the victims in contrast to its financially well-equipped US parent company Union Carbide Corporation. READ MORE

  6. 15. Humanitarian interventions trapped in the crime of aggression : Humanitarian interventions through the lens of article 8bis in the Rome Statute

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Jonas Nyström Costa; [2020]
    Keywords : humanitarian intervention; crime of aggression; R2P; ICC; Article 8bis;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine interventions under the doctrine of R2P without appropriate legal authority becomes coercive actions of Unilateral Humanitarian Intervention. And that a unilateral humanitarian intervention would amount to the crime of aggression. READ MORE