Economic Development and the Impacts of Natural Disasters

Mark Skidmore () and Hideki Toya ()
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Mark Skidmore: Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

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Abstract: We use disaster impact data over time to examine the degree to which the human and economic losses from natural disasters are reduced as economies develop. We find that countries with higher income, higher educational attainment, greater openness, more complete financial systems and smaller government experience fewer losses.

Keywords: Economic Development; Natural Disasters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O1 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005-10
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Journal Article: Economic development and the impacts of natural disasters (2007)
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