Disasters and development: Natural disasters, credit constraints, and economic growth

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 750-773

  McDermott, Thomas K J ^a   Barryy, Frank ^b   Tol, Richard S J ^c,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CAPITAL MARKET; CREDIT PROVISION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC THEORY; FINANCIAL MARKET; MODEL TEST; NATURAL DISASTER; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNDERDEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84902084305     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpt034     Document Type: Article

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