More frequent and punctuated severe events such as dry spells are among the more salient manifestations of climate change. Because dry spells often co-occur with drought and heat waves, understanding the effects of dry spells and heat waves requires a multi-timescale and multi-stressor...

Studies that examine the relationship between globalization and crises mostly focus on the role of openness in the countries' exposure to, and impact of the crisis, and little attention is paid to the role of globalization after the crisis. In this paper we study this question among others. In...