Are Losses from Natural Disasters More Than Just Asset Losses? : The Role of Capital Aggregation, Sector Interactions, and Investment Behaviors

Are Losses from Natural Disasters More Than Just Asset Losses? : The Role of Capital Aggregation, Sector Interactions, and Investment Behaviors

The welfare impact of a natural disaster depends on its effect on consumption, not only on the direct asset losses and human losses that are usually estimated and reported after disasters. This paper proposes a framework to assess disaster-related...

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Main Authors: Hallegatte, Stephane, Vogt-Schilb, Adrien
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
natural disasters
economic losses
economic analysis
capital
capital stock
productivity
consumption losses
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/488681478879461092/Are-losses-from-natural-disasters-more-than-just-asset-losses-the-role-of-capital-aggregation-sector-interactions-and-investment-behaviors
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25687

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/488681478879461092/Are-losses-from-natural-disasters-more-than-just-asset-losses-the-role-of-capital-aggregation-sector-interactions-and-investment-behaviors
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25687

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