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Clustering in Natural Disaster Losses

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In contrast with findings in climate science, economists often treat losses from natural disasters as statistically independent of one another. To better incorporate scientific insights into economic research, we introduce a methodology to identify spatial and temporal clusters in datasets on losses from natural disasters. We find that expected damage increases non-linearly with relative cluster size. Additionally, county-level damage is correlated with the damage experienced by other counties in the same cluster. Our findings suggest that accounting for clustering allows for a more complete understanding of the economic consequences of natural disasters.

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  • Jacob Kim-Sherman & Lee Seltzer, 2024. "Clustering in Natural Disaster Losses," Staff Reports 1135, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fednsr:99082
    DOI: 10.59576/sr.1135
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    natural disasters; clustering; climate;
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    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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