MOZUMDER, PALLAB; BOHARA, ALOK K.; BERRENS, ROBERT P.; … - In: Environment and Development Economics 14 (2009) 02, pp. 187-210
Based on multiple rounds of household survey data collected in the year after the 1998 massive flooding in Bangladesh, we investigate the role of private transfers as a social coping response to natural disasters. We also explore the role of private transfers (gifts) as an informal insurance...