-Economic Panel that we combine with geographic flood data, we compare the savings behavior of affected and non-affected individuals …While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the … microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to …

-Economic Panel that we combine with geographic flood data, we compare the savings behavior of affected and non-affected individuals …While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the … microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to …

Federal disaster insurance - in the form of national flood insurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA …

at its role during natural disasters. This article exploits the exogenous nature of the 2013 European floods to assess if …

In the course of the ongoing process of climate change, natural disasters like storms, floods and droughts become more … likely and/or more severe. While there is a growing macroeconomic literature on the growth-effects of natural disasters … especially long-run growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying behavioural responses to the …

-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 …

control group of companies that are not exposed to the flood. The results indicate that the value added growth of affected … disaster event. Considering both the flood and the aid treatment, we construct four mutually exclusive and exhaustive groups …We estimate the short-run impact of a major flood that hit the region of Veneto in 2010 on firms' performance. Using …

of flood-prone areas in the city of Dornbirn (Austria). The experiment reflects two possible designs of governmental … the rounds after the loss. These results have important policy implications, e.g., for the optimal design of flood risk …

Mozambique is among the most disaster-prone countries in the world. A bigger than usual, and mostly unexpected, flood … those months to assess the short-term impact of the 2015 flood on household consumption and poverty levels. Applying a … difference-in-difference approach, we find that, for those exposed to the flood, consumption reduced significantly in the short …

model to the 2000 Po river flood. To account for the uncertainty in the induced effects on regional economies, we explored … losses, and ii) the model is able to capture both positive and negative economic effects of a disaster in different areas of …