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Extreme weather events and climate change : economic impacts and adaptation policies
Ferreira, Susana - 2024
adaptation by directly providing public goods to manage disaster risks or by facilitating private agents' adaptation responses …
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Gender differences in altruism : responses to a natural disaster
Lilley, Matthew; Slonim, Robert - 2016
altruism which motivates donors. This study examines gender heterogeneity of volunteer response by blood donors following the … donations following the Bushfires, compared to non-disaster periods, is substantially greater for females than males; the … proportional increase in the number of females donating for the first time after the disaster is approximately twice the …
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The early life influences of teachers' genders on later life charitable giving : evidence from the natural disasters in Japan
Yamamura, Eiji; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2019
attitude outcomes. Overall, our results suggest potential prosocial implications may arise from teacher-student gender matching. …
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Climate risk and beliefs in New York floodplains
Gibson, Matthew; Mullins, Jamie T. - 2020
Applying a difference-in-differences framework to a census of residential property transactions in New York City 2003-2017, we estimate the price effects of three flood risk signals: 1) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act, which increased premiums; 2) Hurricane Sandy; and 3) new...
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Hurricanes, flood risk and the economic adaptation of businesses
Indaco, Agustín; Ortega, Francesc; Taṣpınar, Süleyman - 2019
This paper argues that increases in perceived flood risk entail a negative and persistent shock to local economic activity. Our analysis is based on a rich administrative dataset that contains all business establishments in New York City around the time of hurricane Sandy. Our data also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012035595
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The effects of flood insurance on housing markets
Indaco, Agustín; Ortego, Francesc; Taṣpınar, Süleyman - 2018
We analyze the role of food insurance on the housing markets of coastal cities. To do so we have assembled a parcel-level dataset including the universe of residential sales for three coastal urban areas in the United States - Miami-Dade county (2008-2015), New York city (2003-2016), and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011910881
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Tropical storms and mortality under climate change
Pugatch, Todd - 2019
Extreme weather induced by climate change can have major consequences for human health. In this study, I quantify the effect of tropical storm frequency and severity on mortality using objective meteorological data and the universe of vital statistics records from a large developing country,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011977438
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The effects of climate change in the poorest countries : evidence from the permanent shrinking of Lake Chad
Jedwab, Remi; Haslop, Federico; Zarate, Roman D.; … - 2023
Chad, which used to be the 11th-largest lake in the world. This African lake the size of El Salvador, Israel, or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014334953
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Climate change, natural disasters and migration : an empirical analysis in developing countries
Drabo, Alassane; Mbaye, Linguère Mously - 2011
change has taken an essential place in world governance. The relationship between climate change, natural disasters and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009379619
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Hurricanes, climate change policies and electoral accountability
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Paserman, Marco Daniele; … - 2019
on the universe of federal disaster declarations between 1989 and 2014, we document that congress members from districts … the disaster. The response to hurricanes does not seem to be driven by logrolling behavior or lobbysts' pressure. The …
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