Search Results - subject:"Hurricanes"

In the eye of the storm : firms and capital destruction in India

Pelli, Martino; Tschopp, Jeanne; Bezmaternykh, Natalia; … - 2019

This paper examines the response of firms to capital destruction. Using Indian firm data we establish that tropical storms destroy up to 43% of firms' capital. We use this exogenous shock to capital and find that within industry less productive firms suffer disproportionately more, both along...

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Tropical storms and mortality under climate change

Pugatch, Todd - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 117 (2019), pp. 172-182

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Weathering storms: understanding the impact of natural disasters in Central America

Ishizawa, Oscar A.; Miranda, Juan José - In: Environmental & resource economics : the official … 73 (2019) 1, pp. 181-211

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Market anomalies and disaster risk : evidence from extreme weather events

Lanfear, Matthew G.; Lioui, Abraham; Siebert, Mark G. - In: Journal of financial markets 46 (2019), pp. 1-29

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Hurricanes, climate change policies and electoral accountability

Gagliarducci, Stefano; Paserman, Marco Daniele; … - 2019

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A Hurricane Risk and Loss Assessment of Caribbean Agriculture

Mohan, Preeya; Strobl, Eric - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014

Hurricanes act as large external shocks potentially causing considerable damage to agricultural production in the …

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Wetlands as Storm Buffers: Case Studies from Louisiana

Boutwell, J. Luke; Westra, John - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

This research investigates the relationship between three important factors that influence economic damages from coastal storms: economic risk, storm intensity and wetland protection. To address recent challenges to the notion that wetlands provide valuable protection against stronger storms, we...

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Hurricanes Revisited : Comparative Advantage as a Source of Heterogeneity.

Pelli, Martino; Tschopp, Jeanne - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2014

There is little consensus in the economic literature on the effects of hurricanes on economic growth. This paper argues … that this mixed evidence may result from ignoring the potential for hurricanes to generate heterogeneous impacts within …- 2005 to examine whether the effect of hurricanes on the pattern of trade depends on productcountry- specific comparative …

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An imperfect storm : fat-tailed tropical cyclone damages, insurance, and climate policy

Conte, Marc N.; Kelly, David L. - In: Journal of environmental economics and management : … 92 (2018), pp. 677-706

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9/56 Year Cycle: Panics, Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Volcanoes

McMinn, David - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

, volcanic eruptions and Atlantic hurricanes. Surprisingly, a 9/56 year cycle could be established for all four categories. This …

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