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Hurricanes, Climate Change Policies and Electoral Accountability

Gagliarducci, Stefano - 2019

This paper studies how politicians and voters respond to new information on the threats of climate change. Using data on the universe of federal disaster declarations between 1989 and 2014, we document that congress members from districts hit by a hurricane are more likely to support bills...

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When Banana Import Restrictions Lead to Exports : A Tale of Cyclones and Quarantine Policies

Ko, Chia Chiun - 2014

This paper examines the welfare loss of import restrictions on bananas in Australia and whether the import restrictions have turned into a particular form of export promotion. We set up a model in which there is free domestic entry, with banana producers accepting losses in normal years, off-set...

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The Economic Impact of Migrants from Hurricane Maria

Peri, Giovanni - 2020

Using a synthetic control estimation strategy we examine the economic impact of a large inflow of people from Puerto Rico into Orlando in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico in September 2017. We find that aggregate employment in Orlando increased as a result of the...

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Hurricanes, Flood Risk and the Economic Adaptation of Businesses

Indaco, Agustín - 2019

This paper argues that increases in perceived flood risk entail a negative and persistent shock to local economic activity. Our analysis is based on a rich administrative dataset that contains all business establishments in New York City around the time of hurricane Sandy. Our data also...

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Tropical Storms and Mortality Under Climate Change

Pugatch, Todd - 2019

effect of tropical storm frequency and severity on mortality using objective meteorological data and the universe of vital … statistics records from a large developing country, Mexico. Using a measure of storm exposure that accounts for both windspeed … dispersion and population density along the storm track, I project changes in past storm-related mortality under various …

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Effects of Low-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Natives : Evidence from Hurricane Mitch

Kugler, Adriana D.; Yuksel, Mutlu - 2021

Starting in the 1980s, the composition of immigrants to the U.S. shifted towards less-skilled workers partly due to the influx of Latin American immigrants in the past few decades. Around this time, real wages and employment of younger and less-educated U.S. workers fell. Some believe that...

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The Economic Growth Impact of Hurricanes : Evidence from US Coastal Counties

Strobl, Eric - 2021

We estimate the impact of hurricane strikes on local economic growth rates and how this is reflected in more aggregate growth patterns. To this end we assemble a panel data set of US coastal counties' growth rates and construct a hurricane destruction index that is based on a monetary loss...

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Gone with the Storm : Rainfall Shocks and Household Well-Being in Guatemala

Baez, Javier E. - 2015

This paper investigates the causal consequences of Tropical Storm Agatha (2010) – the strongest tropical storm ever to …, issues of measurement error, and different samples. The negative effects of the storm partly explain the increase in poverty …

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Rising Sea Levels and Sinking Property Values : The Effects of Hurricane Sandy on New York's Housing Market

Ortega, Francesc - 2016

Are coastal cities adjusting to rising sea levels? This paper argues that large-scale events have the potential to ignite the process. We examine the effects of hurricane Sandy on the New York City housing market. We assemble a large plot-level dataset with rich geographic data on housing sales...

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How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets : The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida

Polachek, Solomon W. - 2007

Exogenous shocks often impact a local labor market more than at the national level. This study improves upon the standard Difference in Difference (DD) approach by examining exogenous shocks using a Generalized Difference in Difference (GDD) econometric approach that identifies the effects of...

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