, however, could also play a role in disaster preparedness. In particular, I examine whether governments that are deemed to be … investment in disaster preparedness. I find an inverse U-shaped relationship between repression and casualties, with countries at … either end of the distribution experiencing lower fatalities. -- natural disasters ; government repression ; disaster …

disaster. The paper concludes by reflecting on what we know about whether policies to confront natural disasters should be …

managing natural hazards. Our results show that countries differ a lot in their disaster management efficiencies, with richer … institutions of higher quality indeed correlate with higher disaster relief efficiencies. Most important are indicators of good … with a 10%higher disaster relief efficiency will save one more life and protect four more people at the cost of $8 million in …

literature does not offer conclusive evidence. Most existing studies use disaster data drawn from damage records of insurance … GDP. We build a comprehensive database of disaster events and their intensities from primary geophysical and … effect of disasters on growth. The worst 5% disaster years come with a growth damage of at least 0.45 percentage points. That …

We utilize the individual-level World War I Draft Registration Cards matched to late-nineteenth century hurricane paths …

entire world for the period 1992-2013 we find that earthquakes reduce both light growth rates and light levels significantly …

; natural disaster relief expenditure ; narrative approach ; structural vector-autoregressive model …