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The effects of adaptation measures on hurricane induced property losses : which FEMA investments have the highest returns?
Davlasheridze, Meri; Fisher-Vanden, Karen; Klaiber, H. Allen - In: Journal of environmental economics and management : … 81 (2017), pp. 93-114
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How bad are weather disasters for banks?
Blickle, Kristian; Hamerling, Sarah N.; Morgan, Donald P. - 2021
Not very. We find that weather disasters over the last quarter century had insignificant or small effects on U.S. banks' performance. This stability seems endogenous rather than a mere reflection of federal aid. Disasters increase loan demand, which offsets losses and actually boosts profits at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660373
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Economic impact of hurricanes in the United States : a review
Chakraborty, Kalyan - In: Journal of international business and economics : JIBE 18 (2018) 3, pp. 85-92
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Risk Externalities, Wildfire Hazard, and Private Investment to Mitigate Wildfire Risk in the Wildland-Urban Interface
Taylor, Michael H.; Christman, Laine; Rollins, Kimberly - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
This is Selected Paper #2846. The title of this paper at the time the abstract was submitted was "Private Incentives for Investments to Mitigate Wildfire Risk in the Wildland-Urban Interface"
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Determinants of Participation in a Catastrophe Insurance Programme: Empirical Evidence from a Developing Country
Akter, Sonia; Brouwer, Roy; Chowdhury, Saria; Aziz, Salina - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2008
The paper presents empirical evidence of the determinants of catastrophe insurance participation in one of the poorest and most disaster prone countries in the world. In a large-scale household survey carried out in 2006 we ask 3,000 residents in six different districts in Bangladesh facing...
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An analysis of the determinants of flood damages
Ferreira, Susana - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
In this paper we analyze mortality caused by 2,194 large flood events between 1985 and 2008 in 108 countries. Unlike previous studies that looked at natural-disaster mortality, we find that year-to-year changes in income and institutional determinants of vulnerability do not affect flood...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922630
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COSTS AND BENEFITS OF ECOSYSTEM-BASED ADAPTATION FOR FLOOD RISK REDUCTION IN FIJI
Daigneault, Adam; Brown, Pike; Gawith, David - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
empirical measures of damage with GIS data to estimate total damages from flooding and find that the January 2012 flood caused … FJ$36.4 and FJ$12.2 in damages for the Ba River and Penang River catchments, respectively, while the March 2012 flood … caused FJ$24.1 and FJ$8.4 in damages for the Ba River and Penang River catchments, respectively. We then estimate the cost of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069010
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How bad are weather disasters for banks?
Blickle, Kristian; Hamerling, Sarah N.; Morgan, Donald P. - 2021
Not very. We find that weather disasters over the last quarter century had insignificant or small effects on U.S. banks' performance. This stability seems endogenous rather than a mere reflection of federal aid. Disasters increase loan demand, which offsets losses and actually boosts profits at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012703483
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Natural Disasters; Mitigating Impact, Managing Risks
Laframboise, Nicole; Loko, Boileau - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This paper reviews the literature on the macroeconomic impact of natural disasters and presents the IMF’s role in assisting countries coping with natural catastrophes. Focusing on seven country cases, the paper describes the emergency financing, policy support, and technical assistance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242390
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The impact of urban sprawl on disaster relief spending : an exploratory study
Lambert, Thomas; Catchen, James; Vogelgesang, Victoria - In: Journal of economic issues : jei 49 (2015) 3, pp. 835-864
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