Assessing the Macroeconomic Impacts of Natural Disasters : Are there Any?

Assessing the Macroeconomic Impacts of Natural Disasters : Are there Any?

There is an ongoing debate on whether disasters cause significant macroeconomic impacts and are truly a potential impediment to economic development. This paper aims to assess whether and by what mechanisms disasters have the potential to cause sig...

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Main Author: Hochrainer, Stefan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURE
ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
ANNUAL GROWTH
ARIMA
ARMA
ASSETS
AUTOREGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE
BUDGET DEFICIT
BUSINESS CYCLES
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CAPITAL STOCK
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY
COMMODITY PRICE
CORRELATION ANALYSIS
CRED
DAMAGES
DEATH TOLL
DEBT
DEBT SERVICE
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEPENDENT VARIABLES
DEPRECIATION
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
DISASTER
DISASTER COMMUNITY
DISASTER EVENT
DISASTER EVENTS
DISASTER PREVENTION
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
DISASTER RISKS
DISASTER TYPE
DOMESTIC CREDIT
DROUGHT
DROUGHTS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC MODEL
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC RISK
ERROR TERMS
EXPORTS
EXPOSURE
EXTERNAL DEBT
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
EXTREME WEATHER
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
FINANCIAL RISK
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL VULNERABILITY
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL IMBALANCES
FLOOD
FLOODS
FORECASTS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
GDP
GLOBALIZATION
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
GROWTH THEORY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HURRICANE
IMPORT
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME GROUPS
INDEBTEDNESS
INDICATOR VARIABLES
INFLATION
INSURANCE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
INVENTORY
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS
NATIONAL INCOME
NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL CATASTROPHE
NATURAL CATASTROPHES
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARD
NATURAL HAZARDS
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
OVERVALUATION
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS
PUBLIC DEFICIT
PUBLIC DEFICITS
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL GDP
RECONSTRUCTION
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REINSURANCE
REJECTION
RELIEF
REMITTANCES
RISK TRANSFER
STANDARD DEVIATION
STATISTICAL ANALYSES
STOCHASTIC ERROR
STORM
STORMS
SUPPLY SIDE
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
TIME HORIZON
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
TRADE BALANCES
TRADE DEFICIT
TROPICAL CYCLONES
UNCERTAINTIES
UNCERTAINTY
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
WEALTH
WINTER STORMS
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
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