-term growth consequences of droughts are comparatively well examined, little research has yet been devoted to the question whether … and how droughts affect medium and long-term growth. However, knowledge on the growth dynamics triggered by natural … this paper we deliver empirical support for the hypothesis of the existence of long-run growth effects of droughts. Based …

This paper explores the impact of foreign aid on economic growth using variation in aid inflows from natural disasters …. Because using a country's own disaster exposure as an instrument for aid inflows violates exogeneity assumptions, I instead … use the disaster exposure of a country's "aid neighbors," defined as its competitors for aid from donors. Using aid …

common than official flood maps would predict, suggesting that local knowledge may also mitigate disaster impacts. … offsets losses and actually boosts profits at larger banks. Local banks tend to avoid mortgage lending where floods are more …

to flood risk in Mumbai. In 2005, Mumbai experienced unprecedented flooding, causing direct economic damages estimated at … consequences of the 2005 floods on the marginalized population reveals the special vulnerability of the poorest, which is not … that total losses to the marginalized population from the 2005 floods could lie around $250 million, which represents a …

We evaluate whether floods and landslides are more likely when rain falls inside versus outside protected areas (PAs … floods and landslides is affected by whether rain falls inside or outside PAs. We use a two-way fixed effect panel data model … find that shifts in precipitation towards PAs reduce floods significantly. These results were highly robust. We also find …

We examine the impact of natural disasters on economic growth by applying a synthetic control approach. In contrast to … better define the geographic area hit by the disaster. We examine two large-scale earthquakes that occurred in two different …