Fiscal Responses after Catastrophes and the Enabling Role of Financial Development

Natural disasters may constitute a major shock to public finances and debt sustainability because of their impact on output and the need for government response with reconstruction and relief expenses. The question arises of whether governments can use financial development policy as the means to mi...

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Main Authors: Melecky, Martin, Raddatz, Claudio
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24606