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I study the implications of climate change and adaptation on housing and income, and wealth. I embed climate change in …
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shrinking, implying limited adaptation. Additionally, the negative water supply effects on fishing, farming, and herding … and estimate aggregate welfare losses taking into account adaptation shows overall losses of about 6%. The model also …
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The high and increasing cost of natural disasters around the world motivates a growing body of literature on the role of natural disaster insurance in adapting to climate change. This chapter reviews current challenges in both public and private natural disaster insurance markets in the United...
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The climate change impacts on sea level rise and coastal disasters, and the possible adaptation responses have been …
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exposure. We discuss benchmarks for measuring adaptation progress at the firm, industry and macroeconomic level …
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disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation in Bangladesh, a country with a very high exposure to weather risk. We use a … comprehensive dataset for the 483 subdistricts (Upazilas) in Bangladesh, tracking disaster risk reduction and adaptation funding …
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In the aftermath of natural disasters, governments frequently provide financial aid for affected households. This policy can have adverse effects if individuals anticipate it and forgo private precaution measures. While theoretical literature unequivocally suggests this so called "charity...
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In the aftermath of natural disasters, governments frequently provide financial aid for affected households. This policy can have adverse effects if individuals anticipate it and forgo private precaution measures. While theoretical literature unequivocally suggests this so called “charity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011782550
Recent theoretical work in the economics of climate change has suggested that climate policy is highly sensitive to "fat-tailed" risks of catastrophic outcomes (Weitzman, 2009b). Such risks are suggested to be an inevitable consequence of scientific uncertainty about the effects of increased...
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The ongoing process of climate change goes along with a higher frequency and/or severity of droughts. While the short-term growth consequences of droughts are comparatively well examined, little research has yet been devoted to the question whether and how droughts affect medium and long-term...
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