The Economics of Natural Disasters : Concepts and Methods

The Economics of Natural Disasters : Concepts and Methods

Large-scale disasters regularly affect societies over the globe, causing large destruction and damage. After each of these events, media, insurance companies, and international institu-tions publish numerous assessments of the "cost of the dis...

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Main Authors: Hallegatte, Stephane, Przyluski, Valentin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATION
ASSETS
AVALANCHES
BANKRUPTCY
BUSINESS CYCLES
CHANGES IN PRICES
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
CONSUMPTION LOSS
COST ANALYSIS
CRED
DAMAGED HOUSES
DAMAGES
DEBT
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIRECT VALUE
DISASTER
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER PREVENTION
DROUGHT
DROUGHTS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMIC IMPACTS
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMIC LOSS
ECONOMIC MODEL
ECONOMIC MODELS
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIC SITUATION
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMIC VALUE
ECONOMICS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EXOGENOUS SHOCKS
EXPLOSION
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
EXTREME EVENTS
FARMER
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FLOOD
FLOOD DAMAGE
FLOOD DAMAGES
FLOODS
FOOD SECURITY
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH THEORIES
HEAT WAVES
HURRICANE
HURRICANE RISK
HURRICANE SEASON
HURRICANES
IMPACT OF DISASTERS
IMPACT OF HURRICANES
IMPORTS
INCOME
INHERITANCE
INSURANCE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INSURANCE INDUSTRY
INSURERS
INTEREST RATE
INVENTORIES
JOBS
LAND DEGRADATION
LANDSLIDES
LOWER COSTS
MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARDS
NATURAL RESOURCES
OIL PRICES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POSITIVE EXTERNALITY
PRESENT VALUE
PRICE ELASTICITY
PRICE INCREASE
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY VALUES
RECONSTRUCTION
REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECTS
REINSURANCE
RELATIVE PRICE
RELATIVE PRICES
RISK ANALYSIS
RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT
SAVINGS
SCENARIOS
SMALL BUSINESS
STORM
STORM SURGE
STORM SURGE RISK
STORMS
SUBSTITUTION
TERRORIST
THUNDERSTORMS
TOTAL COST
TOTAL OUTPUT
TSUNAMIS
UNCERTAINTIES
UNEMPLOYMENT
VALUE ADDED
VICTIMS
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
WAR
WATER DISTRIBUTION
WEATHER EXTREMES
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