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 …

activity in the American West. Using variation in the potential damage intensity of the earthquake, we show that more severely …This paper examines the long-run effects of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake on the spatial distribution of economic … 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 … migration. Using commune-level data on damage and annual emigration, we find that, despite massive destruction, there is no … evidence that the earthquake had, on average, a large impact on emigration or its composition. There were, however …

effects of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a shock that immediately reduced United States. GNP by 1.5-1.8 percentage points … the Federal Reserve. In this study, we identify the San Francisco earthquake as the shock that triggered the chain of …

influx into Florida public schools following the Haitian earthquake of 2010 using unique matched birth and schooling records … earthquake or in the two years that follow, regardless of the socioeconomic status, grade level, ethnicity, or birthplace of …

energy supply is well recognized, there has also been public concern over potential risks such as damage to buildings and …

We investigate the effect of sovereign risk on credit supply, using August 1999 Earthquake as an exogenous shock …

scarring effects of the event itself. We examine survival at and in the five years after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and …