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Hurricanes, economic growth and transmission channels : empirical evidence for developed and underdeveloped countries
Berlemann, Michael; Wenzel, Daniela - 2016
While the short-term growth consequences of natural disasters are comparatively well studied, there is little knowledge how disasters affect long-run growth. Based on truly exogenous storm indicators, derived from a meteorological database, we show that the growth effects of tropical storms go...
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An Exploration of the Link between Development, Economic Growth, and Natural Risk
Hallegatte, S. - 2013
probability of disaster occurrence to decrease with income; (ii) the capital at risk – and thus the economic losses in case of … disaster – to increase faster than economic growth; (iii) the average annual losses to grow faster than income at low levels of … observation of a trend in disaster losses should not be confused with the presence of excessive risk taking. In a descriptive …
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Natural Disaster and Economic Development in Southeast Asia
Samphantharak, Krislert - 2019
This chapter discusses natural disasters and their impacts on economic development of Southeast Asia. Natural disasters generally lead to capital decumulation, have impacts on total factor productivity, and involve vulnerability of people living in the economy. Their effects could persist in the...
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An exploration of the link between development, economic growth, and natural risk
Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2013 - Revised version: April 7, 2013
probability of disaster occurrence to decrease with income; (ii) the capital at risk - and thus the economic losses in case of … disaster - to increase faster than economic growth; (iii) the average annual losses to grow faster than income at low levels of … observation of a trend in disaster losses should not be confused with the presence of excessive risk taking. In a descriptive …
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Economic impact of natural disasters : an empirical re-examination
Panwar, Vikrant; Sen, Subir - In: Margin: the journal of applied economic research 13 (2019) 1, pp. 109-139
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The economic development impact of natural disasters in APEC countries (1999-2013)
Primanti, Inez Novialita; Roeslan, Femmy; Hastiadi, … - In: Journal of economic cooperation & development 39 (2018) 2, pp. 1-28
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Weathering storms: understanding the impact of natural disasters in Central America
Ishizawa, Oscar A.; Miranda, Juan José - In: Environmental & resource economics : the official … 73 (2019) 1, pp. 181-211
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Tropical cyclones and economic growth : the importance of considering Small Island Developing States
Kulanthaivelu, Eric - In: Revue d'économie politique 133 (2023) 5, pp. 693-740
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Naturkatastrophen und Entwicklungsländer
Engelmann, Sabine - In: Ifo Dresden berichtet 12 (2005) 2, pp. 38-42
ein Grund für ein anhaltendes schwaches Wirtschaftswachstum in Entwicklungsländern? Der vorliegende Beitrag gibt einen …
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Foreign aid and subnational development : a grid cell analysis
Bitzer, Jürgen; Gören, Erkan - 2018 - This Version: March 2018
We examine the impact of geo-referenced World Bank development programs on subnational development using equally sized grid cells with a spatial resolution of 0.5 decimal degrees latitude x longitude as the unit of investigation. The proposed grid cell approach solves a number of endogeneity...
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