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Not very. We find that weather disasters over the last quarter century had insignificant or small effects on U.S. banks … common than official flood maps would predict, suggesting that local knowledge may also mitigate disaster impacts. …
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policy shock. Our Simulation results suggest that both Turkey and Poland exhibit pronounced short- to medium …
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We test if and how banks adjust their lending in response to disaster risk in the form of a natural catastrophe … disaster shocks faced especially by small and medium firms. …
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Globally, the rise of new and unexpected risks and shocks has impacted stable and poor societies alike, and some, especially the latter, have become increasingly dysfunctional. The Philippines is peculiarly challenged to build economic resilience as indicated by its high-risk exposure and...
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Over the period 2019-21, Albania had to confront dual shocks: the 2019 earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic. Both had sizable impacts on the country's economy. The COVID-19 pandemic took a heavy toll on an economy already affected by the earthquake in 2019. Key sectors were put in lockdown in...
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Governments face growing contingent liabilities from disasters as they tend to shoulder a significant share of disaster … response and recovery costs. Disaster shocks increase government expenditure and hamper economic activities. An increasing … have the potential to significantly enhance and boost systems for financial resilience against disaster shocks. Development …
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