This article reviews the literature on the economic impacts of disasters caused by extreme
weather and climate events to draw lessons on how societies can better manage these risks …

I study the effect of risk-based flood insurance pricing on welfare and climate damages in the
US I estimate my results with flood insurance policy data and a novel survey measuring …

This lecture argues that, rather than facing an isolated climate change challenge, the world
must confront the Global Energy Challenge (GEC) that requires all countries to make trade …

Flooding is among the costliest natural disasters in the United States. Although the federal
government provides floodplain boundary maps and subsidizes insurance, demand remains …

This paper examines the provision of official flood risk information in the United States and
its distributional impacts on residential flood insurance take-up. Assembling new data on all …

As population growth, economic development, and climate change increase the risks of
inland flooding across the US and worldwide, a range of flood mitigation approaches must …

Climate change presents new risks for property in the United States. Due to the high cost
and sometimes unavailability of location-specific property risk data, home buyers can greatly …

Hurricanes are among the costliest natural disasters in the world, with a significant portion of
their impact linked to the accuracy of their forecasts. In this paper, we estimate the economic …

Mounting costs of anthropogenic climate change reveal that adaptation will be essential to
human well-being in coming decades. At the same time, the literature on the economics of …

Forecasts play a central role in decision-making under uncertainty. After a brief review of the
general issues, this article considers ways of using high-dimensional data in forecasting. We …