Gone with the Wind : Estimating Hurricane and Climate Change Costs in the Caribbean /
This paper studies the economic costs of hurricanes in the Caribbean by constructing a novel dataset that combines a detailed record of tropical cyclones' characteristics with reported damages. I estimate the relation between hurricane wind speeds and damages in the Caribbean; finding that the...
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Format: | Revue |
Langue: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2016.
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Collection: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2016/199 |
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Accès en ligne: | Full text available on IMF |