The economic growth impact of natural disasters in developing countries: Evidence from hurricane strikes in the Central American and Caribbean regions

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-141

  Strobl, Eric ^a,b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Hurricanes

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HURRICANE EVENT; MODELING; NATURAL DISASTER; STORM DAMAGE; STORM TRACK; WIND FIELD;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 80054708450     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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