Governments can significantly reduce earthquake mortality by enforcing quake-proof construction regulation. We examine … why many governments do not. First, mortality is lower in countries with higher earthquake propensity, where the payoffs … to investments in mortality prevention are greater. Second, the opportunity costs of these investments are higher in …

Exposure to extreme events has been hypothesized to affect subsequent mortality because of mortality selection and … scarring effects of the event itself. We examine survival at and in the five years after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and … we find evidence for positive mortality selection among older individuals, with stronger effects for males than for …

Governments can significantly reduce earthquake mortality by enforcing quake-proof construction regulation. We examine … why many governments do not. First, mortality is lower in countries with higher earthquake propensity, where the payoffs … to investments in mortality prevention are greater. Second, the opportunity costs of these investments are higher in …

energy consumption, which caused an increase in mortality during very cold temperatures. We estimate that the increase in … mortality from higher electricity prices outnumbers the mortality from the accident itself, suggesting the decision to cease …