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The last few years have seen a notable increase in the number of studies investigating the causes and effects of natural disasters in many dimensions. This paper seeks to review and assess available empirical evidence on the ex-post microeconomic effects of natural disasters on the accumulation...
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economically resilient than others? Contributors provide a state-of-the-art collection on the meaning of resilience when applied to …. Chapters feature in depth examinations of regional resilience in such fields as policy practice, exports, economic shocks and … supranational structural funds. Giving readers an insight into ways in which economic resilience is measured, this Handbook explores …
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study and practice of climate resilience and adaptation. Including an original introduction by the editor, it brings …
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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions not only lowers expected damages from climate change but also reduces the risk of catastrophic impacts. However, estimates of the social cost of carbon, which measures the marginal value of carbon dioxide abatement, often do not capture this risk reduction...
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I offer a selective review of discounting and climate policy. Analytic and numerical models show that different assumptions greatly change the degree to which decisions about climate policy depend on the discount rate. I discuss a claim that standard models exaggerate the current generation's...
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