How do weather anomalies affect the economy at the local level? This paper presents a new
data set that links weather data to annual average night-light emission data for 24.000 0.5°× …

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 …

Tropical cyclones (hurricanes, typhoons) are one of the most detrimental natural disasters
facing the world. Over the past 50 years, cyclones have led to global impacts that average to …

This paper investigates the damage impact of the 1959 Ise Bay Typhoon on firm survival and
survivor performance in Nagoya City, Japan. We combine firm‐level data with a local …

Natural disasters arouse threats of health and economic damage, altering consumer
behavior in both the short term and the long term. By adapting coping theory to health and …

This paper studies the relationship between natural disasters and economic growth in the
disaster-prone country of Iran, using a spatial Durbin panel model and covering the time …

This study introduces a novel approach to monitoring floods and estimating socioeconomic
impacts in Thailand. The approach leverages advancements in geospatial data, employing …

We examined whether floods and cyclones, the shocks that are transient in nature, affect
interregional migration differently compared to riverbank erosion that causes loss of lands …

Floods include some of the most frequent and costliest extreme weather events in Aotearoa
New Zealand. Using data from Statistics New Zealand's Integrated Data Infrastructure and …

Economists, climate researchers, and policy-makers need to understand why and where
they will occur. It is thought that disasters are unpredictable and have risen through time …