Efficiently reducing natural hazard risks requires a thorough understanding of the costs of
natural hazards. Current methods to assess these costs employ a variety of terminologies …

This paper surveys the state of the economic literature examining the aggregate impacts of
natural disasters. The paper reviews the main disaster data sources available, discusses the …

Natural disasters can have a profound impact on a country's economic growth, making it
crucial for policymakers to understand the relationship between natural disasters and …

We examine the average causal impact of catastrophic natural disasters on economic
growth by combining information from comparative case studies. For each country affected …

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 …

Natural disasters have a statistically observable adverse impact on the macro-economy in
the short-run and costlier events lead to more pronounced slowdowns in production. Yet …

Macroeconomics models, such as the input–output model, the social accounting matrix, and
the computable general equilibrium model, have been used for impact analysis of …

This paper uses firm‐level data to examine how supply chain networks affected the recovery
of firms from the Great East Japan Earthquake. Extensive supply chains can negatively affect …

The long-term impacts of disasters are 'hidden'as it becomes increasingly difficult over time
to attribute them to a singular event. We use a synthetic control methodology, formalized in …

In this paper we developed and tested an integrated methodology for assessing direct and
indirect economic impacts of flooding. The methodology combines a spatial analysis of the …