The political economy of``natural''disasters

C Cohen, ED Werker - Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Natural disasters occur in a political space. Although events beyond our control may trigger
a disaster, the level of government preparedness and response greatly determines the …

The impact of weather extremes on agricultural production methods: Does drought increase adoption of conservation tillage practices?

Y Ding, K Schoengold, T Tadesse - Journal of Agricultural and Resource …, 2009 - JSTOR
The paper combines panel data techniques with spatial analysis to measure the impact of
extreme weather events on the adoption of conservation tillage. Zellner's SUR technique is …

The impact of AD HOC disaster and crop insurance programs on the use of risk‐reducing conservation tillage practices

K Schoengold, Y Ding… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The paper estimates the impacts of risk‐reducing government programs on the use of
conservation tillage (no‐till and other conservation tillage) practices in agriculture …

Natural disasters and agricultural protection: A panel data analysis

J Klomp, B Hoogezand - World Development, 2018 - Elsevier
We explore the impact of natural disasters on the degree of agricultural protection using data
from 76 countries thereby covering more than 70 of the most traded agricultural …

Natural disasters, public housing, and the role of disaster aid

M Davlasheridze, Q Miao - Journal of Regional Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It has been widely recognized that socially disadvantaged populations are highly vulnerable
to natural disasters. Nonetheless, little is known about how disasters affect housing …

Tariffs, agricultural subsidies, and the 2020 US presidential election

J Choi, S Lim - American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides evidence on the effects of US and Chinese trade policies on the 2020
US presidential election. In response to a series of US tariffs imposed on Chinese goods …

Political returns to ad hoc farm payments?

JP Janzen, T Malone, KA Schaefer… - Applied Economic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates the extent to which ad hoc farm payments made under the Market
Facilitation Program (MFP) and the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) affected …

Political economy of presidential disaster declarations and federal disaster assistance

T Husted, D Nickerson - Public Finance Review, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Billions of dollars have been transferred to state governments for disaster recovery. Owing to
the discretionary authority of the president in these decisions, moral hazard may influence …

The crop insurance demand response to the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus

D Turner, F Tsiboe - Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Previous literature has suggested that ad hoc disaster aid can crowd out demand for
residential flood insurance. However, this phenomenon remains relatively unexplored in the …

Cross-Strait climate change and agricultural product loss

HC Lin, LC Chou, WH Zhang - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
The structure of agricultural industries at Cross-Strait differs as climate change is
considered. In fact, its influence on their agriculture and other industries vary when the …