For governments, the occurrence of natural disasters creates the opportunity to demonstrate their willingness and competence in providing prompt and efficient disaster aid. A number of studies has investigated the political consequences of providing disaster aid by analyzing the effects of such...

The HWWI Commodity Price Index, which aims at reflecting price developments of raw materials imported by highly industrialized countries, dates back to the 1950s. This paper explains the calculation of the index at the example of its latest revision, which became effective on 1st September 2023....

Climate policies need public support to be successfully implemented as they typically come with short-term costs, whereas their revenues accrue far in the future. We study whether the occurrence of climate-related natural disasters have a systematic impact on dissatisfaction with actual...