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The Fiscal Costs of Earthquakes in Japan

Noy, Ilan; Okubo, Toshihiro; Strobl, Eric; Tveit, Thomas - 2021

We investigate the fiscal impacts of earthquakes in Japan. In contrast with earlier papers from elsewhere which examine … and unaffected by the damage from earthquakes. Besides the obvious - that government spending increases in the short …

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Calibrating CAT bonds for Mexican earthquakes

Härdle, Wolfgang (contributor); … - 2007

. This paper examines the calibration of a real parametric CAT bond for earthquakes that was sponsored by the Mexican … variables can affect the value of the losses caused by earthquakes, e.g. magnitude, depth, city impact, etc., we also derive the … price of a hypothetical modeled-index (zero) coupon CAT bond for earthquakes, which is based on a compound doubly stochastic …

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Persistent impact of natural disasters on child nutrition and schooling : evidence from the 1999 Colombian earthquake

Bustelo, Monserrat; Arends-Kuenning, Mary P.; … - 2012

This paper studies the impact of the 1999 Colombian Earthquake on child nutrition and schooling. The identification strategy combines household survey data with event data on the timing and location of the earthquake, exploiting the exogenous exposure of children to the shock. The paper uniquely...

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Environmental disasters and migration

Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2015

This paper reviews the effect of environmental disasters on migration. Although there is an increase of environmental disasters and migration over the past years, the relationship is complex. While some authors find that environmental disasters increase migration, others show that they have only...

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Estimating the direct economic damage of the earthquake in Haiti

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

This paper uses simple regression techniques to make an initial assessment of the monetary damages caused by the January 12, 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti. Damages are estimated for a disaster with both 200,000 and 250,000 total dead and missing (i.e., the range of mortality that the...

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The long-term impact of the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on wage distribution

Ōtake, Fumio; Okuyama, Naoko; Sasaki, Masaru; Yasui, Kengo - 2014

This paper explores the effects of the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on the wages of people in the area of the earthquake over the 17 years after its occurrence and identified which part of the wage distribution has been most affected by this event by comparing the wage distributions of disaster...

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Trust and happiness : comparative study before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Yamamura, Eiji; Tsutsui, Yoshirō; Yamane, Chisako; … - 2014

The positive relationship between trust and happiness has been demonstrated by the literature. However, it is not clear how much this relationship depends on environmental conditions. The Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 is considered one of the most catastrophic events in human history. This...

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The long-term impact of the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on wage distribution

Ōtake, Fumio; Okuyama, Naoko; Sasaki, Masaru; Yasui, Kengo - 2014

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Natural disasters and social capital formation : the impact of the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake

Yamamura, Eiji - 2013

The Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) earthquake struck Japan in 1995, causing devastating damage to the economic landscape of south-central Japan. The earthquake also caused people to realize the importance of social capital in Japan. Based on a large, individual-level database comprising 488,223...

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

Barone, Guglielmo; Mocetti, Sauro - 2013

better define the geographic area hit by the disaster. We examine two large-scale earthquakes that occurred in two different …

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