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Out of sight, out of mind? : natural disasters and pregnancy outcomes in the USA

Simeonova, Emilia - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 57 (2011) 3, pp. 403-431

This article studies the effect of natural disasters on pregnancy outcomes using historical data from the USA. Preterm infants are more likely to be of low birth weight and face increased risk of health problems later in life, implying large long run societal costs. While some of the causes of...

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Corporate demand for insurance : an empirical analysis of the US market for catastrophe and non-catastrophe risks

Michel-Kerjan, Erwann; Raschky, Paul; Kunreuther, Howard - 2011

"Using a unique dataset of insurance decisions by over 1,800 large U.S. corporations, this study provides the first empirical analysis of firm behavior that compares corporate demand for property and catastrophe insurance (here, terrorism). We combine demand and supply data and apply a...

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Retail recovery from natural disasters : New Orleans versus eight other United States disaster sites

Pearson, Michael M.; Hickman, Thomas M.; Lawrence, … - In: The international review of retail, distribution and … 21 (2011) 5, pp. 415-444

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Institutional financing of catastrophic health expenditures

Caballes, Alvin B. - In: Philippine journal of development 40 (2013) 1/2, pp. 67-92

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Post-disaster grain supply chain resilience with government aid

Yang, Yuefeng; Xu, Xuerong - In: Transportation research / E : an international journal 76 (2015), pp. 139-159

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Managing Post-Disaster Reconstruction Finance : International Experience In Public Financial Management

Fengler, Wolfgang - 2008

identifies options and lessons for managing post-disaster reconstruction finance in three key areas: (i) the establishment of …-natural disaster reconstruction efforts (Aceh-Indonesia, Yogyakarta-Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Colombia, Grenada, and … Honduras) to help guide the priorities and options for future instances of public financial management for disaster …

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The CAPM strikes back? : an investment model with disasters

Bai, Hang; Hou, Kewei; Kung, Howard; Zhang, Lu - 2015

Embedding disasters into a general equilibrium production economy with heterogeneous firms induces strong nonlinearity in the pricing kernel, helping explain the empirical failure of the (consumption) CAPM. Our single-factor model reproduces the failure of the CAPM in explaining the value...

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Could flood insurance be privatised in the United States? : a primer

Michel-Kerjan, Erwann; Czajkowski, Jeffrey; Kunreuther, … - In: The Geneva papers on risk and insurance - issues and … 40 (2015) 2, pp. 179-208

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Essays in empirical banking

Bai, Yiyi - 2015

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Climate science and climate economics

Fisher, Anthony C.; Le, Phu V. - 2014

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