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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...
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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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Hurricanes, Climate Change Policies and Electoral Accountability
Gagliarducci, Stefano - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870147
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Environmental Disasters and Migration
Mbaye, Linguère - 2015
This paper reviews the effect of environmental disasters on migration. Although there is an increase of environmental disasters and migration over the past years, the relationship is complex. While some authors find that environmental disasters increase migration, others show that they have only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014049
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The Academic Impact of Natural Disasters : Evidence from L'Aquila Earthquake
Pietro, Giorgio Di - 2015
students enrolled at other Central Italian universities. The empirical results suggest that while this natural disaster has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026865
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Do Natural Disasters Stimulate Individual Saving? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a Highly Developed Country
Berlemann, Michael - 2015
While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023000
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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
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 identifies both the short- and medium-term impacts of the earthquake …, combining two cross-sectional household surveys collected before the earthquake and two cross-sectional household surveys …
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