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hit by a hurricane are more likely to support bills promoting more environmental regulation and control in the year after …
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Using two decades of data from twelve low-income countries in West Africa, we show that dust carried by harmattan trade winds increases infant and child mortality. Health investments respond to dust exposure, consistent with compensating behaviors. Despite these efforts, surviving children still...
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This study uses hedonic property models to explore how coastal real estate markets subject to heterogeneous information treatments respond to flood risk. We identify reactions to flood risk, distinctly from price effects due to flood damage, by examining non-local flooding events. Utilizing a...
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Empirical analyses of climatic event impacts on growth, while critical for policy, have been slow to be incorporated into macroeconomic climate-economy models. This paper proposes a joint empirical-structural approach to bridge this gap for tropical cyclones. First, we review competing empirical...
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We examine the economic impact of the large migration of Puerto Ricans to Orlando after Hurricane Maria. Using a …
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hurricanes to nearby unaffected counties. We find that the average hurricane reduces elective services by about 7% in the month … hurricane severity suggest that it will take over 3 years for providers to make up the lost revenue from COVID-19 …
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population turnover. We first characterize the post-hurricane equilibrium dynamics in local housing markets using microdata from … shock to the housing supply as a consequence of the hurricane. Furthermore, we match buyer characteristics from mortgage …
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Since 1980, over 2,000 local governments in US Atlantic and Gulf states have been hit by a hurricane. Such natural … cause local revenues to fall by 6 to 7%. These losses persist at least ten years after a hurricane strike, leading to a 6 … at critical moments after a hurricane strike, when localities are in greatest need of funding sources. Cities deemed …
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We follow Medicare cohorts over time and space to estimate Hurricane Katrina's long-run mortality effects on elderly … and disabled victims initially living in New Orleans. Inclusive of the initial shock, the hurricane improved survival …
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size of prior migrant stocks. Large migrant networks reduce fixed costs by facilitating legal immigration from hurricane …-affected source countries. Hurricane-induced immigration can be fully accounted for by new legal permanent residents ("green card …
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