This thesis is the product of three academic essays, of which each one attempts to answer a few questions related to the economics of disasters using both aggregate and disaggregate data. In the first essay, I examine the response of international reserves to external shocks by using a quasi-experiment of earthquakes on a panel of 103 countries. The results show that in the five years following a quake: (i) Countries exposed to it accumulate reserves ex-post for precautionary reasons, supported by the inflow of foreign assistance; (ii) Quake-prone countries tend to hold fewer reserves relative to the non-prone countries, suggested by the richer set of other disaster preventive measures in place for the former; (iii) The patterns of reserves...
For a growing number of people, the threat of natural disasters is an ominous and ever-present one. ...
Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and other such disasters all cause damage in relatively restricted a...
Orientation: Large-scale events such as disasters, wars and pandemics disrupt the economy by divergi...
This thesis is the product of three academic essays, of which each one attempts to answer a few ques...
The Canterbury earthquake sequence (2010-2011) was the most devastating catastrophe in New Zealand‘s...
In recent decades, natural disasters appear to be occurring more frequently and be more intensive, e...
Since, 2010, New Zealand, Japan and Haiti have suffered from large scale damages as the result of ea...
This dissertation contains three essays on the impact of unexpected adverse events on student outcom...
Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2014.Includes bibliographical references.The first essay investi...
In chapter 1, I show that since the Fall of 2008, out-of-the money puts on high interest rate curren...
Natural disasters have always been and probably always will be a problem for humans and their settle...
Disasters are often followed by a large-scale stimulus supporting the economy through the built envi...
This dissertation contains an essay on the effects of earthquake exposure on household preparedness ...
The first essay (chapter 2) examines the impact of major U.S. natural disasters on the stock returns...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to find the meaningful relationship between the economic impac...
For a growing number of people, the threat of natural disasters is an ominous and ever-present one. ...
Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and other such disasters all cause damage in relatively restricted a...
Orientation: Large-scale events such as disasters, wars and pandemics disrupt the economy by divergi...
This thesis is the product of three academic essays, of which each one attempts to answer a few ques...
The Canterbury earthquake sequence (2010-2011) was the most devastating catastrophe in New Zealand‘s...
In recent decades, natural disasters appear to be occurring more frequently and be more intensive, e...
Since, 2010, New Zealand, Japan and Haiti have suffered from large scale damages as the result of ea...
This dissertation contains three essays on the impact of unexpected adverse events on student outcom...
Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2014.Includes bibliographical references.The first essay investi...
In chapter 1, I show that since the Fall of 2008, out-of-the money puts on high interest rate curren...
Natural disasters have always been and probably always will be a problem for humans and their settle...
Disasters are often followed by a large-scale stimulus supporting the economy through the built envi...
This dissertation contains an essay on the effects of earthquake exposure on household preparedness ...
The first essay (chapter 2) examines the impact of major U.S. natural disasters on the stock returns...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to find the meaningful relationship between the economic impac...
For a growing number of people, the threat of natural disasters is an ominous and ever-present one. ...
Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and other such disasters all cause damage in relatively restricted a...
Orientation: Large-scale events such as disasters, wars and pandemics disrupt the economy by divergi...