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Cheering up the dismal theorem
McKitrick, Ross - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009571587
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Catastrophic risk, precautionary abatement, and adaptation transfers
Bosello, Francesco; De Cian, Enrica; Ferranna, Licia - 2014
This paper contributes to the normative literature on mitigation and adaptation by framing the question of their optimal policy balance in the context of catastrophic climate risk. The analysis uses the WITCH integrated assessment model with a module that models the endogenous risk of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010476445
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An economic analysis of climate adaptations to hurricane risk in St. Lucia
Ou-Yang, Chieh; Kunreuther, Howard; Michel-Kerjan, Erwann - In: The Geneva papers on risk and insurance - issues and … 38 (2013) 3, pp. 521-546
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009782430
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Measuring the impact of insurance on recovery after extreme weather events using nightlights
Owen, Sally; Noy, Ilan; Pástor-Paz, Jacob; Fleming, David - In: Asia-Pacific journal of risk and insurance : APJRI 15 (2021) 2, pp. 169-199
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012656976
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How bad are weather disasters for banks?
Blickle, Kristian; Hamerling, Sarah N.; Morgan, Donald P. - 2021
common than official flood maps would predict, suggesting that local knowledge may also mitigate disaster impacts. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660373
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Social inequalities in climate change-attributed impacts of hurricane harvey
Smiley, Kevin T.; Noy, Ilan; Wehner, Michael; Frame, Dave; … - 2021
Climate change is already increasing the severity of extreme weather events such as with rainfall during hurricanes. But no research to date investigates if, and to what extent, there are social inequalities in current climate change-attributed flood impacts. Here, we use climate change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012668885
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Disaster insurance in developing Asia : an analysis of market-based schemes
Surminski, Swenja; Panda, Architesh; Lambert, Peter John - 2019
. This paper analyzes the status, types, and patterns of market-based disaster insurance schemes across emerging and … Institute on Climate Change and the Environment's Disaster Risk Transfer Scheme Database (2012-2018). Our analysis shows that … a wide variety of climate and disaster risks, without demand-side support, many markets are likely to collapse or, at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103046
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The effects of flood insurance on housing markets
Indaco, Agustín; Ortego, Francesc; Taṣpınar, Süleyman - 2018
We analyze the role of food insurance on the housing markets of coastal cities. To do so we have assembled a parcel-level dataset including the universe of residential sales for three coastal urban areas in the United States - Miami-Dade county (2008-2015), New York city (2003-2016), and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011910881
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Crop insurance as farmers adaptation for climate change risk on agriculture in Surakarta residency-Indonesia
Suryanto; Gravitiani, Evi; Daerobi, Akhmad; Susilowati, … - In: International journal of trade and global markets 13 (2020) 2, pp. 251-266
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