Sawada, Yasuyuki; Bhattcharyay, Rima; Kotera, Tomoaki - 2011
In recent decades, the world has faced an increasing number of natural and man-made disasters. Such disasters include … tsunamis, earthquakes, the current ongoing financial crisis, terrorism, riots, and wars. These disasters generate tremendous … various natural and man-made disasters quantitatively. We carefully construct cross-country panel data of 189 countries within …