Hurricane Watch: Battening Down the Effects of the Storm on Local Crop Production

Nekeisha Spencer () and Solomon Polachek
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Nekeisha Spencer: University of the West Indies, Mona

No 9439, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This study utilizes a panel fixed effects model to explore the economic impact of hurricanes on local crop production in Jamaica using quarterly 1999-2008 micro level data. We find, in general, that hurricanes will have a negative impact on production but not for crops grown below ground. The exceptions for underground crops being negatively affected are yams and potatoes for which water saturated soil reduces output. From these results, implications are obtained regarding issues such as food security, export expansion, and earnings.

Keywords: exogenous shock; crop production; hurricanes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 O54 Q1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2015-10
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Published - published in: Ecological Economics, 2015, 120, 234-240.

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