2010 earthquake in Chile and the 2011 earthquake in Japan. In both cases there was an immediate and persistent effect on … product availability. The number of goods available for sale fell 32% in Chile and 17% in Japan from the day of the disaster … Chile are consistent with pricing models where retailers have fear of "customer anger". In Japan, by contrast, the evidence …

earthquake protection in Quebec and British Columbia is influenced by the default option and the structure of the insurance plan …. Homeowners in both provinces were given the opportunity to purchase protection against earthquake losses when presented with one … pool rather than the current private insurance plan increases the likelihood of purchasing earthquake protection by 151 …

This paper examines the long-run effects of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake on the spatial distribution of economic … activity in the American West. Using variation in the potential damage intensity of the earthquake, we show that more severely … attractive migration destinations in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, which permanently changed the spatial …

The Messina-Reggio Calabria Earthquake (1908) was the deadliest earthquake and arguably the most devastating natural … evidence that the earthquake had, on average, a large impact on emigration or its composition. There were, however …