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mandate adaptive investment. We measure the effect of California's wildfire building codes on own- and neighboring structure …
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, investment and stock-market value …
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What is the impact and value of hurricane forecasts? We study this question using newly-collected forecast data for major US hurricanes since 2005. We find higher wind speed forecasts increase pre-landfall protective spending, but erroneous under-forecasts increase post-landfall damage and...
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The government often provides relief against large risks, such as disasters. A simple, general rationale for this role of government is considered here that applies even when private contracting to share risks is not subject to market imperfections. Specifically, the optimal private sharing of...
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neoclassical growth model. Investment rates and total factor productivity start out low and rise over time. These model dynamics …
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and Vietnam. <br> <br>To examine the global implications of domestic growth patterns in Asia, I analyze saving-investment … growth rates for the key emerging markets and other developing economies in Asia. China has by far the lowest share of … private consumption to GDP in Asia and, during this decade, has recorded the lowest rate of employment growth relative to GDP …
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This paper develops an interpretation of the Asian meltdown focused on moral hazard as the common source of overinvestment, excessive external borrowing, and current account deficits. To the extent that foreign creditors are willing to lend to domestic agents against future bail-out revenue from...
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Since 1950, the economies of East Asia grew rapidly but received little inter-national capital, while Latin America … flows. We develop a DSGE model of Asia, Latin America, and the Rest ofthe World that features an open-economy business cycle …
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It is well understood that investment serves as a shock absorber at the time of crisis. The duration of the drag on … investment, however, is perplexing. For the nine Asian economies we focus on in this study, average investment/GDP is about 6 … between the sustained reserve accumulation and the persistent and significantly lower levels of investment in the region. Put …
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Lead poisoning has well-known impacts for the developing brain of young children, with a large literature documenting the negative effects of elevated blood lead levels on academic and behavioral outcomes. In April of 2014, the municipal water source in Flint, Michigan was changed, causing lead...
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