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Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2016

This paper reviews the effect of natural disasters on human mobility or migration. Although there is an increase of natural disasters and migration recently and more patterns to observe, the relationship remains complex. While some authors find that disasters increase migration, others show that...

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Do natural disasters stimulate individual saving? : evidence from a natural experiment in a highly developed country

Berlemann, Michael; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich; Tutt, Jascha - 2015

While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying how...

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Measurement of economic welfare risk and resilience of the Philippine regions

Yonson, Rio; Noy, Ilan - 2018

risk from riverine floods. While there are similarities in the ranking of policies among regions with comparable levels of …

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Environmental disasters and migration

Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2015

This paper reviews the effect of environmental disasters on migration. Although there is an increase of environmental disasters and migration over the past years, the relationship is complex. While some authors find that environmental disasters increase migration, others show that they have only...

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Natural disasters and labor market outcomes in Mexico

Acevedo, Ivonne; Castellani, Francesca; Lopez de la … - 2023

. Using panel data and a two-way fixed effects estimation, the analysis focuses on storms, floods, wildfires, and landslides …

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Does green infrastructure work? : precipitation, protected areas, Floods and Landslides

Robalino, Juan David; Mullan, Katrina; Piaggio, Matías; … - 2023

We evaluate whether floods and landslides are more likely when rain falls inside versus outside protected areas (PAs … floods and landslides is affected by whether rain falls inside or outside PAs. We use a two-way fixed effect panel data model … find that shifts in precipitation towards PAs reduce floods significantly. These results were highly robust. We also find …

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Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications

Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Birkholz, Carlo; … - 2022

We study the economic implications of regional favoritism, a form of distributive politics that redistributes resources geographically within countries. Using enterprise surveys from low- and middle-income countries, we document that firms located close to leaders' birthplaces grow substantially...

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Favoritism and firms: Micro evidence and macro implications

Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Birkholz, Carlo; … - 2021

We study the economic implications of regional favoritism, a form of distributive politics that redistributes resources spatially within countries. We use a large sample of enterprise surveys spanning across many low and middle income countries, and utilize transitions of national political...

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Are new shopping centers drivers of development in large metropolitan suburbs? The interplay of agglomeration and competition forces

Mihaescu, Oana; Korpi, Martin; Öner, Özge - 2020

We investigate to which extent shopping centers are drivers of economic development by studying how distance to newly established shopping centers affects the performance of incumbent firms located in the suburbs of the three Swedish major metropolitan areas (Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö)...

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New firm survival : the interdependence between regional externalities and innovativeness

Ebert, Tobias; Brenner, Thomas; Brixy, Udo - 2015

This paper provides evidence that the effect of agglomeration externalities on survival is moderated by the start-up's innovative behavior. It is shown that localization externalities are prevalent particularly in non-high-tech environments and unfold a positive influence on survival for less...

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