This study investigates the short- and long-run impact on population dynamics of the major flood in the Netherlands in … 1953. A dynamic difference-in-differences analysis reveals that the flood had an immediate negative impact on population … growth, but limited long term effects. In contrast, the resulting flood protection programme (Deltaworks), had a persisting …

Yogyakarta earthquake in 2006. The study uses data on medium-sized and large manufacturing firms in the Yogyakarta province … to the earthquake in 2006 were more likely to survive after the earthquake, which suggests the existence of a natural … selection mechanism causing cleansing effects. There is no evidence of scarring effects of the earthquake on the new entrants. …

in the consumption-income ratio that occur during disaster periods or whether, on the other hand, consumers become more … forward-looking and therefore give more weight to these expectations during disaster times. Our theoretical framework implies … higher during disaster episodes. We check this both for past disasters and the current Covid-19 pandemic through the …