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View article: Large Fires and the Rise of Fire Insurance in Early Twentieth-Century Japan
Large Fires and the Rise of Fire Insurance in Early Twentieth-Century Japan Open
We explore the role that large fires played in the early development of the Japanese fire insurance industry. Using a prefecture-level data set spanning 30 years, our econometric analysis shows that large fires led to an increase in new po…
View article: Increasing countries’ financial resilience through global catastrophe risk pooling
Increasing countries’ financial resilience through global catastrophe risk pooling Open
Extreme weather events like tropical cyclones and floods severely impact economies, causing growth losses, tax revenue declines, and increased government debt due to short-term deficit financing. This challenge is particularly acute for co…
View article: Modeling the Impact of Extreme Climate Events on Household Welfare: An Empirical Framework
Modeling the Impact of Extreme Climate Events on Household Welfare: An Empirical Framework Open
This paper provides a review of the main empirical challenges involved in quantitatively estimating the impact of extreme climate events on household welfare at the micro-level. To this end, it first outlines a conceptual framework of extr…
View article: The impact of wildfire smoke exposure on excess mortality and later-life socioeconomic outcomes: the Great Fire of 1910
The impact of wildfire smoke exposure on excess mortality and later-life socioeconomic outcomes: the Great Fire of 1910 Open
The Great Fire of 1910 in the northwestern United States burnt more than 1.2 million hectares in just two days and stands as one of the largest wildfires ever recorded. While it is known for having led to the introduction of a rigorous fir…
View article: Saving for a stormy day? The Jamaican Government Savings Bank and the precautionary savings motive
Saving for a stormy day? The Jamaican Government Savings Bank and the precautionary savings motive Open
The Government Savings Bank of Jamaica (GSB) was created post-emancipation in order to serve the poor as a vehicle for precautionary savings and has been viewed as largely successful in this goal, at least after its restructuring in the la…
View article: Constructing a county-level environmental events dataset for China during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1911)
Constructing a county-level environmental events dataset for China during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1911) Open
This article builds on China’s rich recorded history to present a newly constructed dataset of environmental events at the county-level for the period 1368 to 1911. Essential to the dataset construction is the use of recently developed AI …
View article: Flash flood detection via copula-based intensity–duration–frequency curves: evidence from Jamaica
Flash flood detection via copula-based intensity–duration–frequency curves: evidence from Jamaica Open
Extreme rainfall events frequently cause hazardous floods in many parts of the world. With growing human exposure to floods, studying conditions that trigger floods is imperative. Flash floods, in particular, require well-defined models fo…
View article: Climate Change, Hurricanes, and Sovereign Debt in the Caribbean Basin
Climate Change, Hurricanes, and Sovereign Debt in the Caribbean Basin Open
Caribbean Islands are exposed to hurricanes, the damages of which are projected to intensify due to anthropogenic climate change. The region is also highly indebted. We focus on the interaction between climate change, hurricanes, and publi…
View article: The global long-term effects of storm surge flooding on human settlements in coastal areas
The global long-term effects of storm surge flooding on human settlements in coastal areas Open
People in low-lying coastal areas live under the great threat of damage due to coastal flooding from tropical cyclones. Understanding how coastal population settlements react to such events is of high importance for society to consider fut…
View article: Comment on nhess-2023-162
Comment on nhess-2023-162 Open
Abstract. Extreme rainfall events frequently cause hazardous floods in many parts of the world. With growing human exposure to floods, studying conditions that trigger floods is imperative. Flash floods, in particular, require well-defined…
View article: Replication files for the publication "The Global Long-Term Effects of Storm Surge Flooding on Human Settlements in Coastal Areas"
Replication files for the publication "The Global Long-Term Effects of Storm Surge Flooding on Human Settlements in Coastal Areas" Open
This repisority contains code and data to replicate the main results of the publication Kunze & Strobl (forthcoming) "The Global Long-Term Effects of Storm Surge Flooding on Human Settlements in Coastal Areas".
View article: Replication files for the publication "The Global Long-Term Effects of Storm Surge Flooding on Human Settlements in Coastal Areas"
Replication files for the publication "The Global Long-Term Effects of Storm Surge Flooding on Human Settlements in Coastal Areas" Open
This repisority contains code and data to replicate the main results of the publication Kunze & Strobl (forthcoming) "The Global Long-Term Effects of Storm Surge Flooding on Human Settlements in Coastal Areas".
View article: Transmission of natural disasters to the banking sector: Evidence from thirty years of tropical storms in the Caribbean
Transmission of natural disasters to the banking sector: Evidence from thirty years of tropical storms in the Caribbean Open
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View article: Foetal Exposure to Air Pollution and Students' Cognitive Performance: Evidence from Agricultural Fires in Brazil*
Foetal Exposure to Air Pollution and Students' Cognitive Performance: Evidence from Agricultural Fires in Brazil* Open
This paper examines the impact of foetal exposure to air pollution from agricultural fires on Brazilian students' cognitive performance later in life. We rely on comparisons across children who were upwind and downwind of the fires while i…
View article: Flash Flood Detection via Copula-based IDF Curves: Evidence from Jamaica
Flash Flood Detection via Copula-based IDF Curves: Evidence from Jamaica Open
Extreme rainfall events frequently cause hazardous floods in many parts of the world. With growing human exposure to floods, studying conditions that trigger floods is imperative. Flash floods, in particular, require well-defined models fo…
View article: Hurricanes, fertility, and family structure: a study of early 20th century Jamaica
Hurricanes, fertility, and family structure: a study of early 20th century Jamaica Open
This study investigates the impact of hurricanes on fertility and the role of family structure in early 20th century Jamaica. Importantly, this was a time period in which there were no storm warnings or other formal disaster mitigation pol…
View article: The Japanese textile sector and the influenza pandemic of 1918–1920
The Japanese textile sector and the influenza pandemic of 1918–1920 Open
The ongoing global pandemic has brought into sharp relief the possible interactions between the epidemiology of a virus, the structure of the economy and society that becomes exposed to it, and the actions chosen by government, individuals…