How Do Banks React to Catastrophic Events? Evidence from Hurricane Katrina

How Does Bank Lending React to a Catastrophic Weather Event? Evidence from the Indian Ocean Tsunami

We exploit the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami as a natural experiment to investigate how aggregate bank lending changes in response to a large and unexpected shock. Using a dataset comprising aggregate bank loans at provincial level, we assess the impact of the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 on aggregate provincial lending in Thailand. The results of a Difference-in-Differences investigation suggest t...

How Do Agricultural Subsectors Respond to Productivity Shocks? Evidence from a Bayesian DSGE Model in Iran

Understanding the dynamics of productivity shocks is instrumental if we are to identify the sources of economic growth. This paper, investigates dynamic effects of positives productivity shocks to agricultural subsectors during the period from 1991-2015, by disaggregating agricultural sector in Iran into four key subsectors (crops, livestock, fishing and forestry) through an estimated DSGE mode...

Recovery from PTSD following Hurricane Katrina.

BACKGROUND We examined patterns and correlates of speed of recovery of estimated posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among people who developed PTSD in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. METHOD A probability sample of prehurricane residents of areas affected by Hurricane Katrina was administered a telephone survey 7-19 months following the hurricane and again 24-27 months posthurricane. The base...

The NIEHS Responds to Hurricane Katrina

I am very proud of the role that the NIEHS has played in the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Extramural and intramural scientists have jointly developed and are implementing both short-term and long-term responses to this natural disaster. Many individuals have contributed to our response, but I especially want to acknowledge the leadership of Sam Wilson, Rich Freed, Bill Suk, Allen Dearry, M...

Returning to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.