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-attributed flood impacts. Here, we use climate change attribution science paired with hydrological flood models to estimate climate … change-attributed flood depths and damages during Hurricane Harvey in Harris County, Texas. We then combine this information …
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-2017, we estimate the price effects of three flood risk signals: 1) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act, which …
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Global sea level rise (SLR) variations have undeniably begun to make an impact on highly vulnerable economies. These impacts of SLR are a key component of the projected economic damage of climate change, an important input to climate change policies and adaptive measures. This paper considers...
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Using unique nationwide property-level mortgage, flood risk, and flood map data, we analyze whether lenders respond to … flood risk that is not captured in FEMA flood maps. We find that lenders are less willing to originate mortgages and charge … higher rates for lower LTV loans that face "un-mapped" flood risk. This effect is weaker for high income applicants, as well …
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Using a rare flood in April 2019 in Iran as a natural experiment, we study the role of local banks in mitigating the … by increasing their lending for two months following the flood. Analyzing proprietary information on more than 70 …
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We present two case studies in which coastal vulnerability modeling was used to quantify the role those coastal ecosystems play in reducing risk to coastal communities now and with future sealevel rise. These analyses were used to inform post-disaster reconstruction and coastal resilience...
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natural disasters intensified by anthropogenic climate change. To this end, we link official geo-coded satellite data on flood …-affected buildings to neighborhood-level information on socio-economic status. We then document the empirical relationship between flood … percent lower in flood-affected neighborhoods than in non-affected neighborhoods nearby. Our study is the first to document …
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This paper estimates how the impact of a natural disaster propagates through the production network. More precisely, we look at the excessive rainfall in the summer of 2021 that caused large areas to be severely flooded in Belgium. We first look at the direct effects on firms active in the...
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of both flood-proofing and heat stress reduction measures. Our results do not only reveal a substantial IBG for most …
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years. Bangladesh lies in the delta of three of the largest rivers in the world – the Brahmaputra, the Ganges and the Meghna …
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