We estimate the impact of local mining activity on the business constraints experienced by 22,150 firms across eight … (<20 km) of a firm deteriorates but business constraints of more distant firms relax. The negative local impact of mining …

-intensive, mining booms cause virtually no upward pressure on manufacturing earnings per worker, and both producers of traded and local … goods benefit from mining booms in terms of employment. In contrast, labour-intensive mining booms drive up local …

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 …