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Climate change, armed conflicts and resilience

D'Angeli, Mariagrazia; Marin, Giovanni; Paglialunga, Elena - 2022

In recent years, there has been rapid development of the literature linking climate change and armed conflicts. Although no conclusionary evidence has been found of a direct link between climate change and armed conflicts, still climate change has been addressed as an important trigger,...

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The impact of floods on firms' performance

Coelli, Federica; Manasse, Paolo - 2014

disaster event. Considering both the flood and the aid treatment, we construct four mutually exclusive and exhaustive groups …

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Estimating the direct economic damage of the earthquake in Haiti

Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Powell, Andrew; Becerra, Oscar - 2010

January 12, 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti. Damages are estimated for a disaster with both 200,000 and 250,000 total dead …

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(Not) going to school in times of climate change : natural disasters and student achievement

Gust, Sarah - 2024

their impact on student achievement by combining US county-level data on FEMA disaster declarations with the Stanford … post disaster. Counties with above-average per-pupil expenditure show quicker recovery. The study sheds light on effect … heterogeneity by gender, socio-economic background, and disaster characteristics. …

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Do natural disasters affect household saving? : evidence from the August 2002 flood in Germany

Berlemann, Michael; Haustein, Erik; Steinhardt, Max … - 2024

Recently, there is a growing interest in understanding how individuals adapt to changing climate conditions and climate-induced extreme weather events, An underexplored question is whether and how climate-related natural hazards affect household saving behavior, For this purpose, we exploit a...

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The long-term consequences of disasters : what do we know, and what we still don't

Noy, Ilan; DuPont, William - In: International review of environmental and resource economics 12 (2018) 4, pp. 325-354

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The economic and policy consequences of catastrophes

Pindyck, Robert S.; Wang, Neng - 2009 - This draft: September 15, 2009

What is the likelihood that the U.S. will experience a devastating catastrophic event over the next few decades – something that would substantially reduce the capital stock, GDP and wealth? What does the possibility of such an event imply for the behavior of economic variables such as...

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Natural Disasters – Financial and Fiscal Effects, Policy and Experience for Tackling Them

Gjokutaj, Eduart - 2020

Studies show that in addition to losing people's lives, the consequences are just as bad for the economy.Natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, massive fires etc. inflict serious damage and so seem to be bad for the economy. Depending on the experience in different countries, the...

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Natural disasters, growth and institutions : a tale of two earthquakes

Barone, Guglielmo; Mocetti, Sauro - In: Journal of urban economics 84 (2014), pp. 52-66

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The impacts of natural disasters on plants' growth : evidence from the Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) earthquake

Tanaka, Ayumu - In: Regional science & urban economics 50 (2015), pp. 31-41

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