We examine the average causal impact of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti on economic growth
and recovery by conducting a disaggregated empirical analysis at the subnational level. To …

On January 12, 2010, a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti, greatly damaging the
undeveloped country. One estimate reports that this disaster killed more than 230,000 …

We analyze the impact of earthquakes on nighttime lights at a sub-national level, ie, on grids
of different size. We argue that existing studies on the impact of natural disasters on …

Natural disasters cause serious economic and human losses. Yet there remains ambiguity
in the existing literature with regard to their impact on the economy at large. This study re …

Despite the tremendous human suffering caused by natural disasters, their effects on
economic growth remain unclear, with some studies reporting negative, and others …

Natural disasters can have severe economic and human consequences, depriving people of
livelihoods and assets, as well as lives. Yet despite their potentially enormous costs, an …

Natural disasters are known to have devastating immediate impacts, but their long-run effect
on economic growth is not well understood. For the natural hazard of earthquakes, this …

This paper examines the short-term and long-term economic impacts of relative-ly small but
more frequent earthquakes in China. Using a difference-in-differences approach based on …

Large natural disasters (LNDs) are ubiquitous phenomena with potentially large impacts on
the infrastructure and population of countries and on their economic activity in general …

How disasters have affected economic growth has often been a subject for economic
debate, and empirical studies of the experience in China are clearly inadequate. Using the …