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Trade networks and natural disasters : diversion, not destruction
Gigout, Timothee; London, Mélina - 2023
and disaster data and use a dynamic difference-indifferences identification strategy. We establish the causal effect of … the natural disaster. …
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Flooded house or underwater mortgage? : the implications of climate change and adaptation on housing, income, and wealth
Straten, Yasmine van der - 2023
I study the implications of climate change and adaptation on housing and income, and wealth. I embed climate change in a redistributive growth model by introducing exposure of households and firms to extreme weather events, that damage their housing capital and physical capital, respectively....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014233371
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Integrating out natural disaster shocks
Bremus, Franziska; Rieth, Malte - 2023
We study the role of international financial integration in buffering natural disaster shocks, using a large sample of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468927
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Extreme weather events and economic activity : the case of low water levels on the Rhine river
Ademmer, Martin; Jannsen, Nils; Mösle, Saskia - 2020
In this paper, we exploit exogenous variation in navigability of the Rhine river to analyze the impact of weather-related supply shocks on economic activity in Germany. Our analysis shows that low water levels lead to transportation disruptions that cause a significant and economically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012209254
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Effect of major disasters on geographical mobility intentions : the case of the Fukushima nuclear accident
Yamamura, Eiji; Tsutsui, Yoshirō; Yamane, Chisako; … - 2014
their place of residence after the disaster when they lived nearer to Fukushima, (2) the effect of the disaster on intention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010365232
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Measuring the impact of insurance on urban recovery with light : the 2010-2011 New Zealand earthquakes
Cuong Nhu Nguyen; Noy, Ilan - 2018
We measure the longer-term effect of a major earthquake on the local economy, using night-time light intensity measured from space, and investigate whether insurance claim payments for damaged residential property affected the local recovery process. We focus on the destructive Canterbury...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011846154
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Evidence from measuring community flood resilience in Asia
Laurien, Finn; Keating, Adriana - 2019
Disaster risk and subsequent loss and damage in Asia are increasing at an alarming rate, threatening socioeconomic … levels must be complemented by action at the community level. Measuring community disaster resilience can help lead to novel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118302
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Fifty years of peril : a comprehensive comparison of the impact of terrorism and disasters linked to natural hazards (1970-2019)
Wilson, Timothy; Noy, Ilan - 2022
We compare the realised impact of terrorism and disasters linked to natural hazards. Using fifty years of data from two databases covering 99 percent of the global population, we find that natural hazard disasters were more then 20 times more impactful than terrorism. The former had a larger...
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Nowcasting from space : impact of tropical cyclones on Fiji's agriculture
Noy, Ilan; Blanc, Elodie; Pundit, Madhavi; Uher, Tomas - 2023
The standard approach to 'nowcast' disaster impacts, which relies on risk models, does not typically account for the … nowcasting, and for post-disaster damage assessment. We focus on Fiji and on its agriculture sector, and on tropical cyclones … be used for both nowcasting and post-disaster damage assessments. …
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Calibrating CAT bonds for Mexican earthquakes
Härdle, Wolfgang (contributor);  … - 2007
the occurrence of a natural disaster, the reconstruction can be financed with catastrophe bonds (CAT bonds) or reinsurance …
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