flood that hit the Netherlands in 1953 and from the mitigation measures that followed it.A dynamic difference …-in-differences analysis reveals that the flood had an immediate negative impact on population growth, but limited long term effects. The … fundamentals. The results also suggest that the combined long term effect of the flood in 1953 and the mitigation measures that …

model to the 2000 Po river flood. To account for the uncertainty in the induced effects on regional economies, we explored … losses, and ii) the model is able to capture both positive and negative economic effects of a disaster in different areas of …

Federal disaster insurance–in the form of national flood insurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and …

Savings and Credit Associations (Roscas), a popular group-based financial institution world-wide, in the aftermath of the 2004 … disaster to different extents, we estimate the causal effect of this devastating economic shock on financial flows between …

firms located in areas at risk of flooding. By matching a new map of flood risk areas with proprietary data on bank loans at … negatively correlated with their flood risk exposure. A province-level analysis, which also allows us to control for bank- and …

disaster event. Considering both the flood and the aid treatment, we construct four mutually exclusive and exhaustive groups …We estimate the short-run impact of a major flood that hit the region of Veneto in 2010 on firms' performance. Using … control group of companies that are not exposed to the flood. The results indicate that the value added growth of affected …

Flood insurance differs widely in scope and form across Europe. Against the backdrop of rising flood losses a debate … paper we investigate if and how current EU policies influence flood insurance. While the question of supply and demand is at … reflect on the national policy level, by illustrating two conflicting cases of flood insurance: the United Kingdom (UK), where …

. Formal networks build relationships and capabilities before a disaster, improving the effectiveness of disaster preparedness … floods on production. However, most farm support is directed to agricultural risk management policies and disaster assistance …