contains exogenous measures of physical disaster intensity, well suited for causal analysis. Empirical results suggest that … disaster in the top 1-percentile of the disaster index distribution increases government debt by almost 9 percent of GDP, while …

disaster intensity shows that natural disasters lead not only to output losses but also to further deterioration of countries …

disaster intensity shows that natural disasters lead not only to output losses but also to further deterioration of countries …

the years 1985 to 2013. Relying on a meteorological drought index, we show that higher drought exposure is followed by … different. In addition, we identify drought-induced corruption as a phenomenon of countries yielding high per capita income in …

-lasting drought that started in 1979. Using data from meteorological ground stations to compute a measure of drought severity that … takes rainfall and evaporation into account, we estimate the effects of the drought on the voting behavior of individuals in … weather-resistant crops featured stronger declines in protest in response to drought severity. …