indicators – (i) the natural disasters vulnerability propensity rate (Ω); (ii) the natural disaster devastation magnitude rate (Π …The natural disasters have a potentially large impact on economic growth but measuring their economic impact is subject … to a great deal of uncertainty. The central objective of our paper is to set forth a model – the natural disasters …

This study presents a gender-specific assessment of medium-term disaster recovery following a series of earthquakes in … and after the 2016 earthquake series. Similar to studies using the nighttime radiance to monitor disaster recovery and … from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite instrument, distance from the earthquake epicenters collected from the …

This study provides new causal evidence for the impact of a large-scale natural disaster on local economic activity in … to 2020 for 31 provinces and 429 counties to study the impact of the 2003 Bam earthquake in the Iranian Kerman Province … statistically significant boost in economic activity in the years following the earthquake. This increase in local economic activity …

examines whether natural disasters can impact general political trust and if disaster relief efforts can mitigate these effects ….1-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico City in September 2017. Our findings reveal that the disaster resulted in an 11% decrease in …. We investigate the relationships between disaster, trust, and aid using novel survey data collected before and after a 7 …

. We use a natural experiment, the mandated relocation of some households after an exogenous shock, to identify the causal … impact of moving on people’s mental health. The event we focus on is the 2011 Christchurch (New Zealand) earthquake, and the … compared to other residents of the earthquake-affected city who were allowed to remain in situ. This increase persisted to …

negligible if the country affected by a disaster is small but sizable for large economies. Similar disasters have heterogeneous …We estimate the short-run trade effects of natural disasters using monthly trade data and data on the physical … intensity of earthquakes and storms. We find large negative effects for heavily indebted poor, least developed or landlocked …

trade data for about 180 countries and 40 years. We apply our method to measure the short-run effects of natural disasters …. In line with theoretical considerations, we find large, persistent negative effects of earthquakes and storms on supply … temporarily up after a disaster. Using a consistent structural trade model, we back out monthly aggregate productivity measures …