Risk and adaptation: Evidence from global hurricane damages and fatalities

Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 555-587

  Bakkensen, Laura A ^a   Mendelsohn, Robert O ^b  

^a University of Arizona s School of Government and Public Policy   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Economic damages; Hurricanes; Natural disasters; Risk; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060726115     PISSN: 23335955     EISSN: 23335963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/685908     Document Type: Article

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