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Climate change, temperature extremes, and conflict : evidence from mainland Southeast Asia
Gasser, André Tashi; Lanz, Bruno - 2023
We exploit 0.5°×0.5° raster data for mainland Southeast Asia from 2010 to 2020 to document a non-linear relationship between extreme temperature days and conflict. We show that the occurrence of conflict events increases with extreme maximum temperature days, whereas days with extreme minimum...
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How do host-migrant proximities shape attitudes toward internal climate migrants?
Lujala, Päivi; Bezu, Sosina; Kolstad, Ivar; Mahmud, … - 2020
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Where do migrants from countries ridden by environmental conflict settle? : On the scale, selection and sorting of conflict-induced migration
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura; Schmid, Lena - 2019
Environmentally induced conflicts can trigger migration. This paper analyzes the location decisions of migrants, i ….e., the "sorting" of migrants into alternative destinations. We argue that this sorting depends on a variety of factors. The … selection of migrants affects preferences over where to settle and depends on the underlying type of environmentally induced …
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Can organizations help adjust? : the effect of perceived organizational climate on immigrants' acculturation and consequent effect on perceived fit
Valenzuela, Marcus A.; Flinchbaugh, Carol; Rogers, Sean … - In: Journal of international management 26 (2020) 3, pp. 1-16
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The social behavior of immigrants during natural disasters : lessons from the United States
Rayamajhee, Veeshan; Paudel, Jayash - In: Journal of comparative economics : the journal of the … 52 (2024) 3, pp. 614-633
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Hurricanes, Flood Risk and the Economic Adaptation of Businesses
Indaco, Agustín - 2019
This paper argues that increases in perceived flood risk entail a negative and persistent shock to local economic activity. Our analysis is based on a rich administrative dataset that contains all business establishments in New York City around the time of hurricane Sandy. Our data also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865853
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Rising sea levels and sinking property values : the effects of Hurricane Sandy on New York's housing market
Ortega, Francesc; Taṣpınar, Süleyman - 2016
Are coastal cities adjusting to rising sea levels? This paper argues that large-scale events have the potential to ignite the process. We examine the effects of hurricane Sandy on the New York City housing market. We assemble a large plot-level dataset with rich geographic data on housing sales...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581670
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Hurricanes, flood risk and the economic adaptation of businesses
Indaco, Agustín; Ortega, Francesc; Taṣpınar, Süleyman - 2019
This paper argues that increases in perceived flood risk entail a negative and persistent shock to local economic activity. Our analysis is based on a rich administrative dataset that contains all business establishments in New York City around the time of hurricane Sandy. Our data also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012035595
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The effects of flood insurance on housing markets
Indaco, Agustín; Ortego, Francesc; Taṣpınar, Süleyman - 2018
We analyze the role of food insurance on the housing markets of coastal cities. To do so we have assembled a parcel-level dataset including the universe of residential sales for three coastal urban areas in the United States - Miami-Dade county (2008-2015), New York city (2003-2016), and...
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Siblings, not triplets: social preferences for risk, inequality and time in discounting climate change
Atkinson, Giles; Dietz, Simon; Helgeson, Jennifer; … - 2009
Arguments about the appropriate discount rate often start by assuming a Utilitarian social welfare function with isoelastic utility, in which the consumption discount rate is a function of the (constant) elasticity of marginal utility along with the (much discussed) utility discount rate. In...
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