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Risk-Taking Behavior in the Wake of Natural Disasters
Cameron, Lisa A. - 2012
villages. The impact persists for several years, particularly if the disaster was severe. Some, but not all, of this effect is … probability of a disaster occurring and the expected severity of such a disaster suggest that changes in perceptions of background …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099808
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Civil War, Natural Disaster and Risk Preferences : Evidence from Sri Lankan Twins
Kettlewell, Nathan - 2018
We estimate whether risk preferences are affected by traumatic events by using a unique survey of Sri Lankan twins which contains information on individual's exposure to the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, participation as a combatant in the civil war, validated measures of mental health and risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907854
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Are Attitudes Towards Economic Risk Heritable? Analyses Using the Australian Twin Study of Gambling
Le, Anh T. - 2010
This study employs multiple regression models based on DeFries and Fulker (1985), and a large sample of twins, to assess heritability in attitudes towards economic risk, and the extent to which this heritability differs between males and females. Consistent with Cesarini, Dawes, Johannesson,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013145187
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Perceptions, Expectations, and Entrepreneurship : The Role of Extreme Events
Brück, Tilman - 2010
We provide, for the first time, comparative evidence of the impact of various types of extreme events – natural disasters, terrorism, and violent conflicts – on the perceptions of entrepreneurs concerning some key entrepreneurial issues – such as fear of failure in starting a business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135192
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How Policy Changes Affect Shareholder Wealth : The Case of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
Betzer, André - 2011
the unique and unexpected German reaction to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which involved the immediate shutdown …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121551
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Persistent Impact of Natural Disasters on Child Nutrition and Schooling : Evidence from the 1999 Colombian Earthquake
Bustelo, Monserrat - 2013
This paper studies the impact of the 1999 Colombian Earthquake on child nutrition and schooling. The identification strategy combines household survey data with event data on the timing and location of the earthquake, exploiting the exogenous exposure of children to the shock. The paper uniquely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091535
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Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Migration : An Empirical Analysis in Developing Countries
Drabo, Alassane - 2013
The aim of this paper is to assess the relationship between natural disasters caused by climate change and migration by interesting in the migration rates and the education level in developing countries. Many studies such as the Stern review (2007) or the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092466
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Natural Disaster, Policy Action, and Mental Well-Being : The Case of Fukushima
Goebel, Jan - 2013
We study the impact of the Fukushima disaster on people's mental well‐being in another industrialized country, more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073846
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Natural Disasters and University Enrolment : Evidence from L'Aquila Earthquake
Cerqua, Augusto - 2015
after the disaster. This natural disaster, however, caused a compositional change in the first-year student population, with … a substantial increase in the number of students aged 21 or above. This is likely to have been driven by post-disaster …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015023
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Gender Differences in Altruism : Responses to a Natural Disaster
Lilley, Matthew - 2016
most devastating Bushfires in Australia's history. Using difference in differences analyses, we observe a sharp increase in … 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001303