In this paper we construct a simple two-period equilibrium model for analysing the impact of post-disaster transfer payments on economic growth. This model can be used to show that direct payment of disaster relief funds may aggravate rather than mitigate the negative impact of disasters on the...

This article investigates the heterogeneous effects of urban transport infrastructure on population distribution within a city. I focus on the case of Xiamen—a coastal city in China—where two bridges and a tunnel have been built to promote population growth on the city's periphery. I first...