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We investigate determinants of private and public generosity to Katrina victims using an artifactual field experiment. In this experiment, respondents from the general population viewed a short audiovisual presentation that manipulated respondents' perceptions of the income, race, and...
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of living elsewhere. When a natural disaster or other exogenous shock forces individuals to move, the net impact on …
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children in the disaster are significantly more likely to bear additional children after the tsunami. This response explains …
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-probability/high-impact risks, like floods, and whether past flood insurance purchases and flooding experience moderate the effect of defaults. Our … study uses a naturally occurring difference in experience, comparing the surveyed flood insurance choices of 1 …,187 homeowners, half of whom are in the Netherlands, where flood insurance penetration rates are low and recent flooding caused minor …
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on flood risk capitalization into housing prices. Second, we implement a field survey in Rhode Island. We find … significant heterogeneity and sorting based on flood risk perceptions and amenity values. Third, we calibrate the model and …
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Sea-level rise and ensuing permanent coastal inundation will cause spatial shifts in population and economic activity over the next 200 years. Using a highly spatially disaggregated, dynamic model of the world economy that accounts for the dynamics of migration, trade, and innovation, this paper...
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-migration. This paper examines the impact of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 on agricultural development. Flooded counties …
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We examine risk preferences using the flood insurance decisions of over 100,000 households. In each contract …
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This paper provides the first, comprehensive evidence on the question of whether the subsidized flood insurance rates … are needed to meet the affordability goal of the National Flood Insurance Program. We use IRS records at the zip code … the United States containing FEMA designated Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA). There are clear patterns of positive …
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The United States Gulf Region features areas that face significant flood risk. Climate change may further elevate this … challenges, the Federal government has enacted a complex set of policies through its National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The …
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