This paper examines the long-run effects of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake on the spatial distribution of economic … activity in the American West. Using variation in the potential damage intensity of the earthquake, we show that more severely … attractive migration destinations in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, which permanently changed the spatial …

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 …

earthquake exposure of a spatially accurate wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) database for China, covering a total of 1 … their flood protection standards. For earthquakes, we examine the exposure of WWTPs to earthquake hazards through both …

appeal triggered in response to the destructive 2015 Nepal earthquake. Specifically, we investigate the extent to which the … funding decision by aid donors. Our results show that aid allocation is associated with geophysical estimates of the disaster …