Earthquake Risk in Japan: Consumers' Risk Mitigation Responses After the Great East Japan Earthquake
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Economic Issues
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0021-3624,1946-326X
DOI: 10.2753/jei0021-3624460227