We test if and how banks adjust their lending in response to disaster risk in the form of a natural catastrophe … disaster shocks faced especially by small and medium firms. …

that reside in counties unaffected by the natural disaster that we specify as macro shock increase lending to firms inside …

destruction' hypothesis proposed by the natural disaster literature. …

disaster regions have significantly higher turnover, lower leverage, and higher cash in the period after 2013. We provide … evidence that the effects stem from firms that already experienced a similar major disaster in 2002. Overall, our results … document a positive net effect on firm performance in the direct aftermath of a natural disaster. …

associated with a stronger relationship between premiums and local disaster risk: A one standard-deviation increase in disaster …-through of reinsurance costs. Third, we project that if the reinsurance shock persists, growing disaster risk will lead climate …

their place of residence after the disaster when they lived nearer to Fukushima, (2) the effect of the disaster on intention …

Disaster risk and subsequent loss and damage in Asia are increasing at an alarming rate, threatening socioeconomic … levels must be complemented by action at the community level. Measuring community disaster resilience can help lead to novel …

The standard approach to 'nowcast' disaster impacts, which relies on risk models, does not typically account for the … nowcasting, and for post-disaster damage assessment. We focus on Fiji and on its agriculture sector, and on tropical cyclones … be used for both nowcasting and post-disaster damage assessments. …

This paper studies the allocation of total disaster risk reduction public spending among regions in Peru. The main … received by region in order to prevent future natural disasters. Impacts of geological disaster, on the other hand, affect the …