on the universe of federal disaster declarations between 1989 and 2014, we document that congress members from districts … the disaster. The response to hurricanes does not seem to be driven by logrolling behavior or lobbysts' pressure. The …

different types of disasters, the effect of changing disaster risk so far has largely been neglected. In this paper we study the … effect of hurricane risk on individual self-reported life satisfaction. In order to do so we combine geo-referenced survey … we construct time-varying indicators of hurricane risk on the zip-code-level for the period of 2010 to 2018, based on …

associated with a stronger relationship between premiums and local disaster risk: A one standard-deviation increase in disaster …-through of reinsurance costs. Third, we project that if the reinsurance shock persists, growing disaster risk will lead climate … risk is associated with $500 higher premiums in 2023, up from $300 in 2018. Second, using the rapid rise in reinsurance …

proposition that ex ante risk transfer policies are more efficient than ex post disaster relief. -- natural hazards ; growth … of societal risk transfer mechanisms mitigating the effects disasters. Dynamic panel estimates using growth data from a …

an event study methodology, we estimate pre, during and post disaster impacts and document a slower response in pre-disaster … period than in post-disaster period. We further find that industries react differently to the same disaster and that …

, measures that individuals and governments take to adapt to climate change and transition to lower emissions risk increasing …