model explaining land allocation to commercial hybrid maize production in a fragile upland area of Vietnam. Based on data …

Increasing occurrence of devastating natural shocks has stimulated research interest in the economics of natural … disasters. Much of this scholarly work concentrates on effects of shocks on poverty, risk and vulnerability, and very little on … understanding the effects of natural shocks on risk behavior. Referring to a 24 year-old disaster, we use unique survey data and …

Increasing occurrence of devastating natural shocks has stimulated research interest in the economics of natural … disasters. Much of this scholarly work concentrates on effects of shocks on poverty, risk and vulnerability, and very little on … understanding the effects of natural shocks on risk behavior. Referring to a 25 year-old disaster, we use unique survey data and …

This paper examines the long-term effects of shocks experienced by a traditional pastoral community, with the aim of … shocks, poverty traps, and the social capital base of the pastoral livelihood system are connected. The results strongly … covariate shocks. The detrimental effects of shocks are transmitted through poverty traps that undermine the efficacy of the …

, anticipate, prepare for, cope with, and recover from shocks. Extension and advisory services may be able to rectify this …