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Hurricane Katrina Floods New Jersey : The Role of Information in the Market Response to Flood Risk

Muller, Nicholas Z. - 2019

This study uses hedonic property models to explore how coastal real estate markets subject to heterogeneous information treatments respond to flood risk. We identify reactions to flood risk, distinctly from price effects due to flood damage, by examining non-local flooding events. Utilizing a...

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The Labor Market Impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Oil Drilling Moratorium

Aldy, Joseph E. - 2014

In 2010, the Gulf Coast experienced the largest oil spill, the greatest mobilization of spill response resources, and the first Gulf-wide deepwater drilling moratorium in U.S. history. Taking advantage of the unexpected nature of the spill and drilling moratorium, I estimate the net effects of...

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Geography, Economic Policy, and Regional Development in China

Démurger, Sylvie; Sachs, Jeffrey D.; Woo, Wing Thye; … - 2021

Many studies of regional disparity in China have focused on the preferential policies received by the coastal provinces. We decomposed the location dummies in provincial growth regressions to obtain estimates of the effects of geography and policy on provincial growth rates in 1996-99. Their...

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De Facto and De Jure Property Rights : Land Settlement and Land Conflict on the Australian, Brazilian and U.S. Frontiers

Alston, Lee J. - 2010

We present a conceptual framework to better understand the interaction between settlement and the emergence of de facto … depending on the violence potentials of de facto and de jure claimants. We examine land settlement and conflict on the frontiers … relatively peaceful where claimants have reasons to organize collectively (Australia and the U.S.). The settlement process will …

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The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development : An Empirical Investigation

Acemoglu, Daron; Johnson, Simon; Robinson, James A. - 2021

We exploit differences in the mortality rates faced by European colonialists to estimate the effect of institutions on economic performance. Our argument is that Europeans adopted very different colonization policies in different colonies, with different associated institutions. The choice of...

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"Rain Follows the Plow" and Dryfarming Doctrine : The Climate Information Problem and Homestead Failure in the Upper Great Plains, 1890-1925

Hansen, Zeynep K.; Libecap, Gary D. - 2021

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the North American agricultural frontier moved for the first time into semi-arid regions where farming was vulnerable to drought. Farmers who migrated to the region had to adapt their crops, techniques, and farm sizes to better fit the environment. But...

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Health Shocks and Natural Resource Management : Evidence from Western Kenya

Graff Zivin, Joshua - 2010

, altering incentives to conserve natural resources. Using longitudinal data from household surveys in western Kenya, we estimate …

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You've Earned it : Combining Field and Lab Experiments to Estimate the Impact of Human Capital on Social Preferences

Jakiela, Pamela - 2010

We combine data from a field experiment and a laboratory experiment to measure the causal impact of human capital on respect for earned property rights, a component of social preferences with important implications for economic growth and development. We find that higher academic achievement...

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New Tools for the Analysis of Political Power in Africa

Rainer, Ilia - 2012

The study of autocracies and weakly institutionalized countries is plagued by scarcity of information about the relative strength of different players within the political system. This paper presents novel data on the composition of government coalitions in a sample of fifteen post-colonial...

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State vs Consumer Regulation : An Evaluation of Two Road Safety Interventions in Kenya

Habyarimana, James P. - 2012

This paper compares the relative impact of two road safety interventions in the Kenyan minibus or matatu sector: a top down set of regulatory requirements known as the Michuki Rules and a consumer empowerment intervention. We use very detailed insurance claims data on three classes of vehicles...

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