Firm-network characteristics and economic robustness to natural disasters
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Disasters and Development: Natural Disasters, Credit Constraints and Economic Growth
We demonstrate, using a simple two-period equilibrium model of the economy, the potential effects of extreme event occurrences such as natural or humanitarian disasters on economic growth over the mediumto long-term. In particular, we focus on the effect of such shocks on investment. We examine two polar cases; an unconstrained economy where agents have access to perfect capital markets, versus...
متن کاملFirm Relocation and Spatial Mismatch: Evidence from Natural Disasters
The spatial mismatch hypothesis is that large differences in black/white employment patterns could be produced by race-neutral employers, were there discrimination in the housing market combined with the suburbanization of work. Debate over the hypothesis hinges on employer intentions: do they use relocation as a tool to alter the racial makeup of their workforces? Prior work has foundered on t...
متن کاملEconomic Crises and Natural Disasters: Coping Strategies and Policy Implications
— This paper reviews 12 studies presented at a conference examining two broad themes: (a) the interplay between household coping strategies and the impact of crises and natural disasters on various dimensions of well-being (e.g., consumption and child nutrition); and (b) some of the exante and ex-post strategies that public agencies can adopt so they can be more effective in protecting househol...
متن کاملThe Effects of Natural Disasters and Economic Volatility on Fertility
This paper examines whether economic or environmental instability affects fertility. My identification strategy uses regional data to exploit the natural variation within each of the two countries I examine: one European country—Italy—and one Asian country—Japan. I use the variance of the detrended wage to measure economic volatility; the crude birth rate to measure demographic risk; and the nu...
متن کاملMeasuring Economic Resilience to Natural Disasters with Big Economic Transaction Data
This research explores the potential to analyze bank card payments and ATM cash withdrawals in order to map and quantify how people are impacted by and recover from natural disasters. Our approach defines a disaster-affected community’s economic recovery time as the time needed to return to baseline activity levels in terms of number of bank card payments and ATM cash withdrawals. For Hurricane...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0165-1889
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2011.10.001