Effect of typhoons on economic activities in Vietnam: Evidence using satellite imagery

Etienne Espagne, Y. B. Ha, Kenneth Houngbedji and Thanh Ngo-Duc
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Etienne Espagne: CEPII - Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales - Centre d'analyse stratégique
Thanh Ngo-Duc: LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) - INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - SU - Sorbonne Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Département des Géosciences - ENS-PSL - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres

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Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of typhoons on economic activities in Vietnam. During the period covered by our analysis, 1992-2013, we observed 63 typhoons affecting different locations of the country in different years with varying intensity. Using measures of the intensity of nightlight from satellite imagery as a proxy for the level of economic activity, we study how the nighttime light brightness varies across locations that were variably affected by the tropical cyclones. The results suggest that typhoons have on average dimmed nighttime luminosity of the places hit by 5 ± 5.8% or 8 ± 7.8% depending on the specifications we made.

Keywords: Natural disasters; economic growth; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Published in AFD Research Paper Series, 2022, pp.18

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Working Paper: Effect of typhoons on economic activities in Vietnam: Evidence using satellite imagery (2022)
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