main disaster data sources available, discusses the determinants of the direct effects of disasters, and distinguishes …

to establish the social value of improving hurricane forecasts. On the margin, the value of hurricane information is …Hurricanes are among the costliest natural disasters in the world, with a significant portion of their impact linked to … the accuracy of their forecasts. In this paper, we estimate the economic impacts of the official hurricane forecasts in …

the disaster. The response to hurricanes does not seem to be driven by logrolling behavior or lobbysts' pressure. The …This paper studies how politicians and voters respond to new information on the threats of climate change. Using data … on the universe of federal disaster declarations between 1989 and 2014, we document that congress members from districts …

Climate change is already increasing the severity of extreme weather events such as with rainfall during hurricanes … change-attributed flood depths and damages during Hurricane Harvey in Harris County, Texas. We then combine this information …

different types of disasters, the effect of changing disaster risk so far has largely been neglected. In this paper we study the …

the disaster. The response to hurricanes does not seem to be driven by logrolling behavior or lobbysts' pressure. The …This paper studies how politicians and voters respond to new information on the threats of climate change. Using data … on the universe of federal disaster declarations between 1989 and 2014, we document that congress members from districts …