How 'prediction markets' could improve climate risk policies and investment decisions
A market-led approach could be key to guiding policy, research and business decisions about future climate risks, a new study outlines.
A market-led approach could be key to guiding policy, research and business decisions about future climate risks, a new study outlines.
Social Sciences
Sep 1, 2022
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While color is one of the primary indicators of sales success within the fashion industry, it's also one of the world's largest sources of water pollution. In fact, textile mills often dump residual dyes and hazardous chemicals ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 26, 2022
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Consumers in the UK, US and Canada underestimate their future expenses by an average of £75 per week, the equivalent of £3,900 (approximately $5,100) a year, new research from the University of St Andrews shows.
Economics & Business
Apr 1, 2022
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The perception of physical and emotional risk caused by COVID-19 among hotel clients influences their decision-making when it comes to deciding whether to stay in this type of establishment. Hence, hotel firms that base the ...
Economics & Business
Mar 25, 2022
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Companies in the software industry, where novel ideas are prized, use linguistic tactics to develop new labels for their innovations to stay ahead of competitors. Using language to signal that something is "new and different" ...
Economics & Business
Mar 10, 2022
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Surveys that ask too many of the same type of question tire respondents and return unreliable data, according to a new UC Riverside-led study.
Social Sciences
Jan 28, 2022
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Attaching cameras to children has revealed they are exposed to 554 brands a day through marketing, a new study from the University of Otago has found.
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2022
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Ever since it started, the pandemic has exacerbated the inequality that already existed between households in the UK. Those with secure incomes, savings and assets have been able to deal with the financial shocks of COVID, ...
Economics & Business
Jan 7, 2022
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Gender-based discrimination is not new. Gender-based research continues to show the many disparities between genders in all areas of life, whether it is workplaces or homes. A widely held belief is that boys and girls are ...
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2021
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When you think about trade and market relationships, you might think about brokers yelling at each other on the floor of a stock exchange on Wall Street. But it seems one of the basic functions of a free market is quietly ...
Ecology
Jun 29, 2021
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