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Propagation of positive effects of postdisaster policies through supply chains : evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Kashiwagi, Yuzuka; Todō, Yasuyuki - 2020

This study evaluates the impact of "group subsidies," a policy intervention to repair and reinstall damaged capital goods and facilities of small and medium-sized enterprises after the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. In addition to their direct effect on firms that received the...

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A gender-sensitive earthquake recovery assessment using administrative and satellite data : the Case of Indonesia's 2016 Aceh earthquake

Akter, Sonia; Chairunissa, Talitha Fauzia; Pundit, Madhavi - 2022

This study presents a gender-specific assessment of medium-term disaster recovery following a series of earthquakes in … months after the earthquakes were brighter relative to the changes of the unaffected villages, implying an improvement in …

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Climate, urbanization, and conflict : the effects of weather shocks and floods on urban social disorder

Castells-Quintana, David; McDermott, Thomas K. J. - 2019

In this paper, we test the effect of weather shocks and floods on urban social disorder for a panel of large cities in … hypothesis using a novel dataset on floods−distinguishing those that affected large cities directly from those that occurred … outside of our sample of large cities. Floods are found to be associated with faster growth of the population in the city, and …

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When fast growing economies slow down : international evidence and implications for the People's Republic of China

Eichengreen, Barry; Park, Donghyun; Shin, Kwanho - 2011

Using international data starting 1957, we construct a sample of cases where fast-growing economies slow down. The evidence suggests that rapidly growing economies slow down significantly, in the sense that the growth rate downshifts by at least 2 percentage points when their per capita incomes...

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Impact of tourism on regional economic growth : a global value chain perspective

Liu, Anyu - 2022

In the globalization era, many products in the tourism industry are imported from other economies; whereas other products may be exported as intermediates to other economies. Researchers have assessed the economic impact of tourism for more than 40 years, but have shed little light on the...

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The impact of typhoons on economic activity in the Philippines : evidence from nightlight intensity

Strobl, Eric - 2019

We quantify the economic impact of typhoons in the Philippines. To this end we construct a panel data set of local economic activity derived from nightlight intensity satellite images and a cell level measure of typhoon damage constructed from storm track data, a wind field model, and a stylized...

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Build back better : what is it, and what should it be?

Noy, Ilan; Ferrarini, Benno; Park, Donghyun - 2019

The long-term economic consequences of catastrophic disasters are poorly understood. This lacuna is surprising since the long-term effects may be much more important than the short-term emergency phase. In contrast, the policy literature is full of aspirational plans to "build back better" (BBB)...

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What works to control COVID-19? : econometric analysis of a cross-country panel

Chen, Liming; Raitzer, David; Hasan, Rana; Lavado, Rouselle - 2020

We use cross-country panel data to examine the effects of a variety of nonpharmaceutical interventions used by governments to suppress the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We find that while lockdown measures lead to reductions in disease transmission rates as captured by the...

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The impact of tropical cyclones on fishing activities in the Philippines

Noy, Ilan; Lacheheb, Miloud; Pundit, Madhavi - 2023

In this paper, we identify the main fishing grounds and track the response of fishing vessels' activity to tropical cyclones (TCs) in the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone during 2012. We use satellite imagery from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to locate fishing vessels...

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Global increase in climate-related disasters

Thomas, Vinod; López, Ramón - 2015

Intense climate-related disasters - floods, storms, droughts, and heat waves - have been on the rise worldwide. At the …

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