Natural disasters and economic growth: A meta-analysis

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 183-195

  Klomp, Jeroen ^a   Valckx, Kay ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Meta analysis; Natural disasters

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; META-ANALYSIS; NATURAL DISASTER; PUBLISHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901637586     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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