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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