the disaster. The response to hurricanes does not seem to be driven by logrolling behavior or lobbysts' pressure. The …This paper studies how politicians and voters respond to new information on the threats of climate change. Using data … on the universe of federal disaster declarations between 1989 and 2014, we document that congress members from districts …

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, Mexico. Using a measure of storm exposure that accounts for both windspeed … dispersion and population density along the storm track, I project changes in past storm-related mortality under various …

prior to the storm, reflecting homeowners' perception of flood risk. Next, we show that experiencing flooding during Sandy … increase vanished after 3 years, it was highly persistent in the periphery. By using information on the types of insurance …

disaster fund (Fonden). While lower than average precipitations increase undocumented migration, especially from the most …

adaptation by directly providing public goods to manage disaster risks or by facilitating private agents' adaptation responses …

This paper studies how having your home damaged or destroyed by a natural disaster impacts on economic and financial …