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The impact of natural disasters on economic growth

Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Becerra, Oscar; Acevedo, Laura - 2021

rates in the disaster's aftermath. In contrast, when the severity of the events is determined by physical intensity rather …

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The effect of natural disasters on tourism demand, supply and labour markets : evidence from La Palma volcano eruption

Leoni, Veronica; Boto-García, David - 2022

This paper studies the short-term impact of a volcano eruption on tourism demand, supply, and hospitality labour in La Palma (Spain), an island economy that is highly dependent on the tourism sector. Based on a monthly panel dataset at the touristic zone level, we use SeeminglyUnrelated...

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Natural disaster and economic growth in Africa : the role of insurance

Ackomah, Hilda Gyamfi; Mensah, Lord Kwaku; Kuttu, Saint - In: Cogent economics & finance 12 (2024) 1, pp. 1-16

-run and long-run role in the natural disaster-economic growth nexus using 48 African countries from 2000 to 2020. Using a two …

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Natural disasters and economic growth : a semiparametric smooth coefficient model approach

Fatouros, Nikos; Sun, Yiguo - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 12/320, pp. 1-9

Despite the fact that growth theories suggest that natural disasters should have an impact on economic growth, parametric empirical studies have provided little to no evidence supporting that prediction. On the other hand, pure nonparametric regression analysis would be an extremely difficult...

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Saving lives and livelihoods : the paycheck protection program and its efficacy

Sabasteanski, Nika; Brooks, Jeremy; Chandler, Thomas - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 22 (2021) 3, pp. 278-290

In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, swept through the United States. The necessary but costly non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) including social distancing, stay-at-home orders, and the closing or restriction of most businesses greatly increased the...

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Nowcasting from space : impact of tropical cyclones on Fiji's agriculture

Noy, Ilan; Blanc, Elodie; Pundit, Madhavi; Uher, Tomas - 2023

The standard approach to 'nowcast' disaster impacts, which relies on risk models, does not typically account for the … nowcasting, and for post-disaster damage assessment. We focus on Fiji and on its agriculture sector, and on tropical cyclones … be used for both nowcasting and post-disaster damage assessments. …

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Corruption's effect on BRICS countries' economic growth : a panel data analysis

Simo-Kengne, Beatrice D.; Bitterhout, Siphiwo - In: Journal of economics, finance & administrative science 28 (2023) 56, pp. 257-272

Purpose The theoretical debate of corruption's impact on economic growth remains unsettled, making it an empirical question. This study aims to investigate corruption's effect on BRICS countries' economic growth. Design/methodology/approach A panel dataset on BRICS countries spanning 1996 to...

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Disasters and investment : assessing the performance of the underlying economy following a large-scale stimulus in the built environment

Dyason, David - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 6, pp. 1-16

years after the disaster, economic growth in the underlying economy remains buoyant even if official regional economic data …

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Disaster risk, inequality, and fiscal sustainability

Le, Anh H.; Park, Donghyun; Beirne, John; Uddin, … - 2024

panel data, we show that rising climate-related disaster risks increase government debt and harm fiscal sustainability. We … also find that the adverse effect of disaster risks is larger for low-income households, exacerbating inequality. Second … distributional effect of disaster risk. The model features two kinds of households and a fiscal authority. We show that disaster risk …

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"Natural" disasters and regional governance : evidence from European NUTS-3 regions

Di Marcoberardino, Davide; Cucculelli, Marco - In: Papers in regional science : the journal of the … 103 (2024) 1, pp. 1-12

growth and the influence of the quality of regional governance on post-disaster economic recovery. We match disaster data … of a "natural" disaster leads to an annual decline in regional growth of about 0.28 percentage points. Furthermore, we …

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