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This paper surveys the state of the economic literature examining the aggregate impacts of natural disasters. The paper reviews the main disaster data sources available, discusses the determinants of the direct effects of disasters, and distinguishes between short- and long-run indirect effects....
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to economic development and growth is still at its infancy. In order to facilitate further necessary research on this …
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economic development and growth is still in its infancy. In order to facilitate further necessary research on this topic, this …
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on sustainable economic growth in SSA using nonparametric regression techniques. We establish the following: the …
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Developing countries are vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, yet there is disagreement about what they should do to protect themselves from antic- ipated damages. In particular, it is unclear what the optimal balance is between investments in traditional productive capital...
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We examine impact of natural disasters on annual output and output growth in Vietnam. Using provincial data for primary … on the macro-economy. Results show that more lethal disasters result in lower output growth but that more costly …
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disasters on a panel of 113 countries and its relationship with economic growth using data ranging from 1960 to 1996. The … rate of GDP growth in the period between 1960 and 1996. These effects range from a decrease of 0.9% to an increase of 0 …
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the relationship between different measures of natural disaster impact and long-run economic growth. The sample is …
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of low emissions compatible with sustainable levels of human welfare? With steady growth in human quality of life … of the first generation subject to achieving a given, constant rate of growth in all subsequent generations. Hence, our … paths entailing very low emissions in the future, positive rates of growth in QuoL are possible while the first generation …
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that leads to the stabilization of concentrations at 450 ppm. (2) North and South converge to a path of sustained growth at … year while Souths rates of growth are markedly higher. The transition paths require a drastic reduction of the share of … education in South. Surprisingly, in order to sustain Norths utility growth rate, some output must be transferred from South to …
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