disaster to different extents, we estimate the causal effect of this devastating economic shock on financial flows between …

In 2011, Thailand experienced its worst flood ever. Using repeated waves of the Thai Household Survey, we analyse the … flood's economic impacts. In 2012, households answered a set of questions on the extent of flooding they experienced. We use … this self-identified flood exposure, and external exposure indicators from satellite images, to identify both directly …

land parcels in New Zealand. This type of post-disaster damage assessments aims to allow for quantification of disaster … data collection tool for disaster loss databases where data collection did not happen at the time of the event. To this end …

This paper studies whether private adaptation to flood risk is economically efficient. We estimate the return to … the universe of houses and flood damages in high-risk flood zones in the Atlantic and Gulf Coast United States. We find … homeowners may under-invest in flood protection because the benefits do not accrue over their average tenure. We identify …

In 2011, Thailand experienced its worst flood ever. Using repeated waves of the Thai Household Survey, we analyse the … flood’s economic impacts. In 2012, households answered a set of questions on the extent of flooding they experienced. We use … this self-identified flood exposure, and external exposure indicators from satellite images, to identify both directly …

disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation in Bangladesh, a country with a very high exposure to weather risk. We use a … comprehensive dataset for the 483 sub-districts (Upazilas) in Bangladesh, tracking disaster risk reduction and adaptation funding … decisions. We find that flood hazard risk and socio-economic vulnerability are both positively correlated with the sub …

accountability and politicians’ support for special interests. We show that, in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, the evening …