shocks reduce the short-term growth of constant-price GDP and we analyse which structural policies help to minimize these … losses. Structural policies are incentives and regulations that are maintained for long periods, contrasting with policy … policies have large effects that are specific to particular types of shock. In particular, regulations which reduce the speed …

shocks reduce the short-term growth of constant-price GDP and we analyse which structural policies help to minimize these … losses. Structural policies are incentives and regulations that are maintained for long periods, contrasting with policy … policies have large effects that are specific to particular types of shock. In particular, regulations which reduce the speed …

This paper estimates the impact of catastrophic natural disasters on economic growth using an event study methodology …-suffer an average loss between 2.1 and 3.7 percentage points (p.p.). The estimated loss is not offset by above-average growth … effects on growth are negligible. Thus, the negative impacts of natural disasters on economic growth are larger for poorer …

This paper estimates the growth impact of disasters, with a focus on developing Asia and its subregions. It finds that … severe disasters slow down annual growth in the Pacific island countries by between 1 and 2 percentage points on average … to the footprint of major natural hazards. The growth impact is less clear for other regions and worldwide, mainly …

This paper estimates the growth impact of disasters, with a focus on developing Asia and its subregions. It finds that … severe disasters slow down annual growth in the Pacific island countries by between 1 and 2 percentage points on average … to the footprint of major natural hazards. The growth impact is less clear for other regions and worldwide, mainly …

This paper explores the impact of foreign aid on economic growth using variation in aid inflows from natural disasters … neighbor droughts to instrument for aid, I show that aid inflows significantly increase per capita GDP growth in the short to … any long-run aid-growth effects …

economic development and growth is still in its infancy. In order to facilitate further necessary research on this topic, this …

on the physical intensity of natural disasters. Chapter 3 zooms in on the local growth effects of natural disasters and …