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Valuing the Economic Impact of River Floods and Early Flood Warning for Households in Bangladesh
Flood early warning systems have the potential to mitigate damages for vulnerable populations that experience river flooding in Bangladesh. We...
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Assessing “Invisible Loss” During Medium-Term Earthquake Recovery: The Case of Indonesia's 2016 Aceh Earthquakes
This study presents the results of a medium-term assessment of earthquake recovery, aiming to measure non-economic welfare losses resulting from the...
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Are Disaster Impact Estimates Distorted by Errors in Popular Night-Time Lights Data?
Satellite-detected night lights data are widely used to evaluate economic impacts of disasters. Growing evidence from elsewhere in applied economics...
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Climate-related Disaster and Human Capital Investment in the Global South — Household Heterogeneity and Growth
This study develops a dynamic model of climate-related disaster impacts, considering multidimensional household heterogeneity, for analyzing changes...
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The Impacts of Multiple Tropical Cyclone Events and Associated Precipitation on Household Income and Expenditures
Tropical cyclones (TCs) are one of the most destructive natural hazards. Damages arise from strong winds, compounded by associated flood-inducing...
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Shaking up Foreign Finance: FDI in a Post-Disaster World
This paper studies the effects earthquakes have on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) within a country. I use a dynamic difference-in-difference...
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Flood Impacts on Agriculture under Climate Change: The case of the Awanui Catchment, New Zealand
We assess the economic and environmental impacts on agriculture of flooding under projected climate change, including land-use change as an adaption...
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United States Electric Utility Adaptation to Natural Hazards and Green Power Mandates
Access to electricity is a crucial determinant of quality of life and productivity. The United States has a highly reliable electricity grid, but it...
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Hurricane-Induced Power Disruptions: Household Preferences for Improving Infrastructure Resilience
In recent years, the increase in the frequency and intensity of hurricanes has posed a significant threat to coastal infrastructures, particularly...
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Technology Use, Maize Productivity, and Weather in West Africa
This paper presents estimates of the association between maize yield and weather using survey data from Ghana, Mali and Nigeria, allowing for the...
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Adapting to Climate Risk? Local Population Dynamics in the United States
Using a new composite climate-risk index, we show that population in high-risk counties has grown disproportionately over the last few decades, even...
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Wish You Were Here? The Economic Impact of the Tourism Shutdown from Australia’s 2019-20 ‘Black Summer’ Bushfires
Tourism, including education-related travel, is one of Australia’s top exports and generates substantial economic stimulus from Australians...
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Climate Changes Affect Human Capital
Climate change severely impacts critical facets of human capital across the life cycle. This is particularly alarming as both the frequency and...
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Extreme Weather Events and the Performance of Critical Utility Infrastructures: A Case Study of Hurricane Harvey
Extreme weather events have significant economic and social impacts, disrupting essential public services like electricity, phone communication, and...
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What Influences the Demand for a Potential Flood Insurance Product in an Area with Low Previous Exposure to Insurance? – A Case Study in the West African Lower Mono River Basin (LMRB)
Floods portray a severe problem in the riverine areas of West Africa while more frequent and intense heavy precipitation events are projected under...
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What Do We Know About Drought, Household Consumption and Seasonality: Evidence Review from Sub-Saharan Africa
There is little discussion, let alone systemic evidence, on how droughts affect seasonal/intra-annual consumption within a drought year and...
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The Divergent Effects of Remittance Transfers for Post-Disaster States
This paper asks how remittances flows, the value of which has increased substantially in the last 20 years, moderate disruptions in state capacity...
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Does Green Infrastructure Work? Precipitation, Protected Areas, Floods and Landslides
We evaluate whether floods and landslides are more likely when rain falls inside versus outside protected areas (PAs). We use monthly municipality...
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Do Sovereign Catastrophe Bonds Improve Fiscal Resilience? An Application of Synthetic Control Method to Mexico
Natural disasters exert a significant impact on government finances. Catastrophe bonds (CAT bonds) constitute risk-transfer instruments that could...
