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Disaster vulnerability from Winter Storm Benji with Twitter data

Yum, Seungil - In: Regional science policy and practice : RSPP 16 (2024) 4, pp. 1-15

This study highlights how Winter Storm Benji played a significant role in human responses and displacements on the … November 20 and December 24, 2017 for Winter Storm Benji in the United States, which was one of the heaviest December storms on … record in the southern United States. This study finds that tweets during the week of the winter storm were roughly four …

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Storm hardening and insuring energy systems in typhoon-prone regions : a techno-economic analysis of hybrid renewable energy systems in the Philippines' Busuanga island cluster

Castro, Michael T.; Delina, Laurence L.; Esparcia, Eugene A. - In: Energy strategy reviews 50 (2023), pp. 1-12

these systems. This study undertakes a techno-economic analysis to assess the impact and significance of incorporating storm … viability of HRES configurations, considering both scenarios with and without storm hardening or insurance. Our findings unveil … financially prudent choice, while storm hardening gains merit at a probability of 4%. The weighted average cost of capital (WACC …

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Natural disasters and real asset prices : what can we learn from tornados?

Cohen, Jeffrey P.; Gutkowski, Violeta - 2025

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The creative-destructive force of hurricanes : evidence from technological adoption in colonial Jamaican sugar estates

Huesler, Joel; Strobl, Eric - In: Cliometrica : journal of historical economics and … 19 (2025) 1, pp. 123-161

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Do salient climatic risks affect shareholder voting?

Fich, Eliezer M.; Xu, Guosong - 2025

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Understanding evacuation behavior during cyclones : evidence from Bangladesh

Khan, Mohammad Asif Hasan; Mozumder, Pallab; Halim, Nafisa - In: Economics of disasters and climate change 9 (2025) 1, pp. 107-133

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Shining a light on resilience : overcoming Hurricane Odile's impact on electricity and the economy

Bagnoli, Lisa; Delgado, Lucía; Luza, Jerónimo; … - 2025

Over the past decades, Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced a significant increase in natural disasters, posing significant threats to infrastructure and economic activity, particularly in regions with poor infrastructure. Understanding the patterns in recovery time after disasters...

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Inconsistencies in self-reported weather-related home damage among household members

Ha Trong Nguyen; Mitrou, Francis - 2025

Using longitudinal, nationally representative data from Australia, this study uncovers a previously undocumented pattern: in over half of cases where one household member reports weather-related home damage, their co-resident does not. This high rate of intra-household inconsistency is striking,...

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The effect of cyclones on workersʼ mental health

Prieto, Cristhian D.; Grimes, Arthur L.; Noy, Ilan - 2025

Disasters adversely affect mental well-being. However, little is known about their causal effects on diagnosed psychological disorders or the mediating role of earnings. This study uses a Synthetic Difference-in-Differences approach (SDID) to examine Cyclone Gabrielle’s impact on workers’...

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Shining a light on resilience : overcoming Hurricane Odile's impact on electricity and the economy

Bagnoli, Lisa; Delgado, Lucía; Luza, Jerónimo; … - 2025

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015402690