government. The calibration of the CAT bond is based on the estimation of the intensity rate that describes the earthquake … the occurrence of a natural disaster, the reconstruction can be financed with catastrophe bonds (CAT bonds) or reinsurance …. This paper examines the calibration of a real parametric CAT bond for earthquakes that was sponsored by the Mexican …

same individuals before and after the earthquake. A fixed-effects estimation showed that there is a statistically well … 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 disaster caused not only physical damage for Japanese people, but …

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 … earthquake enhanced the investment in social capital through participation in community activity. The differences …

Two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999 exposed rampant corruption involving construction and … each of these methods. Not just those ruling at the time of the earthquakes, but also other parties which were in power …

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 identifies both the short- and medium-term impacts of the earthquake …

We analyze the impact of earthquakes on nighttime lights at a sub-national level, i.e. on grids of different size. We … geophysical event data on earthquakes together with satellite nighttime lights. Using panel fixed effects regressions covering the … entire world for the period 1992-2013 we find that earthquakes reduce both light growth rates and light levels significantly …