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An imperfect storm : fat-tailed tropical cyclone damages, insurance, and climate policy

Conte, Marc N.; Kelly, David L. - In: Journal of environmental economics and management : … 92 (2018), pp. 677-706

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The social value of predicting hurricanes

Molina, Renato; Rudik, Ivan - 2022

Hurricanes are among the costliest natural disasters in the world, with a significant portion of their impact linked to … hurricanes by 5%, totalling hundreds of millions of dollars per hurricane. When aggregated, these benefits are over an order of …

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The Social Value of Predicting Hurricanes

Molina, Renato; Rudik, Ivan - 2022

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Climate vulnerability and government resource mobilization in developing countries

Tsopmo, Pierre Christian; Foudjo, Suzie Imelda; Elanga, … - 2022

There is substantial empirical literature on the impact of climate vulnerability on economic outcomes in developing countries. However, this literature is still weak on the impact of climate vulnerability on tax revenue mobilization. To enrich the existing literature, this paper aims to...

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All inclusive climate policy in a growing economy : the role of human health

Bretschger, Lucas; Komarov, Evgenij - 2023

We determine optimal climate policy using a dynamic climate model that accounts for the damages to capital and human health from burning fossil fuels. Our theoretical macroeconomic approach incorporates a separate health sector into an integrated climate-economy framework and provides...

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Characteristics of severe Atlantic hurricanes in the United States: 1949–2006

Changnon, Stanley - In: Natural Hazards 48 (2009) 3, pp. 329-337

catastrophes, causing $150.6 billion in losses and averaging $2.6 billion per year. All aspects of these hurricanes showed … of the ten most damaging hurricanes came in 2004 (4) and 2005 (3). The number of hurricanes also peaked during 1984 …-year total. Various reasons have been offered for such recent increases in hurricane losses including more hurricanes, more …

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Children's health, human capital accumulation, and R&D-based economic growth

Baldanzi, Annarita; Bucci, Alberto; Prettner, Klaus - 2017

We analyze the effects of children's health on human capital accumulation and on long-run economic growth. For this purpose we design an R&D-based growth model in which the stock of human capital of the next generation is determined by parental education and health investments. We show that i)...

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Excess Mortality, Institutionalization and Homelessness Among Status Indians in Canada

Akee, Randall K. Q.; Feir, Donna - 2016

In this paper we use confidential-use Census and administrative data to produce the first national estimates of excess mortality, institutionalization and homelessness for the largest Indigenous population in Canada from the ages of 5 to 64. We identify mortality rates at least twice the...

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Systematic measurement error in self-reported health: Is anchoring vignettes the way out?

Dasgupta, Aparajita - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 12, pp. 1-30

This paper studies systematic reporting heterogeneity in self-assessed health in India using World Health Survey (WHS)-SAGE survey that has subjective assessments on own health and hypothetical vignettes as well as objective measures like measured anthropometrics and performance tests on a range...

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The Shadow of the Neolithic Revolution on Life Expectancy: A Double-Edged Sword

Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022

This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...

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