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The Role of Natural Disaster Insurance in Recovery and Risk Reduction
In: Annual Review of Resource Economics, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 399-418
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Financing Flood Losses: A Discussion of the National Flood Insurance Program
In: Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 17-03
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Disasters as Learning Experiences or Disasters as Policy Opportunities? Examining Flood Insurance Purchases after Hurricanes
In: Risk analysis: an international journal, Band 37, Heft 3, S. 517-530
ISSN: 1539-6924
Flood insurance is a critical risk management strategy, contributing to greater resilience of individuals and communities. The occurrence of disasters has been observed to alter risk management choices, including the decision to insure. This has previously been explained by learning and behavioral biases. When it comes to flood insurance, however, federal disaster aid policy could also play a role since recipients of aid are required to maintain insurance. Using a database of flood insurance policies for all states on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States between 2001 and 2010, this article uses fixed effects models to examine how take‐up rates respond to the occurrence of hurricanes and tropical storms, as well as disaster declarations and aid requirements. Being hit by at least one hurricane in the previous year increases net flood insurance purchases by 7.2%. This effect dies out by three years after the storm. A presidential disaster declaration for floods increases take‐up rates by 6.7%. When disaster aid grants are made available to households, take‐up rates increase by 5%; this accounts for the majority of the increase in policies after occurrence of a hurricane. When the models are estimated taking into account which policies are required by disaster aid, hurricanes are estimated to lead to only a 1.5% increase in voluntary purchases. This overlooked federal policy that disaster aid recipients insure is responsible for a majority of insurance purchases postdisaster.
Impacts of Natural Disasters on Children
In: The future of children: a publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 73-92
ISSN: 1550-1558
The Economics and Politics of 'Green' Flood Control: A Historical Examination of Natural Valley Storage Protection by the Corps of Engineers
In: Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 14-07
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Facts about FEMA Household Disaster Aid: Examining the 2008 Floods and Tornadoes in Missouri
In: Weather, climate & society, Band 5, Heft 4, S. 332-344
ISSN: 1948-8335
AbstractVery little empirical work has been done on disaster aid in the United States. This paper examines postdisaster grants to households from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the state of Missouri in 2008, when the state experienced flooding, storms, and tornadoes. The paper answers the following questions: What was the aid for? How much was given? How many people applied for aid? How many households received aid and how many were denied? Why were some applicants denied aid? Is there any relationship between aid received and socioeconomic or demographic characteristics of communities? The paper finds that the majority of aid grants are for very small amounts of money, on the order of a few thousand dollars. Over half of aid applications are denied, often because of ineligible or insufficient damage. The paper provides some important basic information on the nature of disaster grants to households and also generates several hypotheses for future research.
Revised Risk Assessments and the Insurance Industry
In: Policy Shock: Regulatory Responses to Oil Spills, Nuclear Accidents, and Financial Crashes (Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming)
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Informing Climate Adaptation: A Review of the Economic Costs of Natural Disasters, Their Determinants, and Risk Reduction Options
In: Resources for the Future Discussion Paper No. 12-28
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The effect of disaster insurance on community resilience: a research agenda for local policy
In: Climate policy, Band 23, Heft 5, S. 662-670
ISSN: 1752-7457
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The Fiscal Impacts of Wildfires on California Municipalities
In: Liao, Y., & Kousky, C. (2022). The fiscal impacts of wildfires on california municipalities. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 9(3), 455-493.
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Defining the Roles of the Public and Private Sector in Risk Communication, Risk Reduction, and Risk Transfer
In: Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 17-09
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Understanding Flood Risk Decisionmaking: Implications for Flood Risk Communication Program Design
In: Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 15-01
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