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Disaster Risk
Boccard, Nicolas - 2020
The United Nations Sendai (2015) framework aims to reduce disaster risk. We offer a careful definition and computation …
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The Post-Natural Disasters People Losses and Damage Simulator (Ḧ-Simulator)
Ruiz Estrada, Mario Arturo; Umemoto, Michitaka - 2019
In this paper, we introduce a new applicable tool to evaluate any post-natural disaster and its impact on people losses … and damage, the new applicable tool is entitled “the post-natural disaster people losses and damage simulator (Ḧ …-Simulator).” Subsequently, the Ḧ-Simulator works under the application of five indicators such as (i) the post-natural disaster people losses …
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Quality infrastructure and natural disaster resiliency
Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Yoshino, Naoyuki; Mortha, Aline - 2019
of quality infrastructure, development indicators and corruption on damages caused by a natural disaster using a panel … model, the study quantified the role of quality infrastructure in disaster impact mitigation. The empirical results suggest …
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A disaster under-(re)insurance puzzle : home bias in disaster risk-bearing
Itō, Hiro; McCauley, Robert N. - 2019
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Charity hazard : a real hazard to natural disaster insurance?
Raschky, Paul A.; Weck-Hannemann, Hannelore - 2007
gives an economic analysis of the institutional arrangements on the market for natural disaster insurances focusing on … market for natural disaster insurances, in the way that it acts as an obstacle for the proper diffusion and therefore the …
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Natural disasters and human mobility
Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2016
This paper reviews the effect of natural disasters on human mobility or migration. Although there is an increase of natural disasters and migration recently and more patterns to observe, the relationship remains complex. While some authors find that disasters increase migration, others show that...
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Pricing of Catastrophe Risk and the Implied Volatility Smile
Ben Ammar, Semir - 2016
Property-casualty (P&C) insurers are exposed to rare but severe natural disasters. This paper analyzes the relation between catastrophe risk and the implied volatility smile of insurance stock options. We find that the slope is significantly steeper compared to non-financials and other financial...
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Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction : success or warning sign for Paris?
Myšiak, Jaroslav; Surminski, Swenja; Thieken, Annegret; … - 2015
the end of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR, March 14 - 18, 2015). We review and discuss …In March 2015, a new international blueprint for disaster risk reduction (DRR) has been adopted in Sendai, Japan, at …
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Natural disasters, growth and institutions : a tale of two earthquakes
Barone, Guglielmo; Mocetti, Sauro - 2013
better define the geographic area hit by the disaster. We examine two large-scale earthquakes that occurred in two different …
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Natural Disasters, Growth and Institutions : A Tale of Two Earthquakes
Barone, Guglielmo - 2014
We examine the impact of natural disasters on GDP per capita by applying the synthetic control approach. Our analysis encompasses two large-scale earthquakes that occurred in two different Italian regions in 1976 and 1980. We show that the short-term effects are negligible in both regions,...
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