An Imperfect Storm: Fat-Tailed Hurricane Damages, Insurance and Climate Policy
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Keywords
Natural disasters; fat tails; hurricanes; adaptation; disaster aid; property insurance Publication Status: Under Review;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
- H84 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Disaster Aid
- Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
- R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
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