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Do natural disasters affect household saving? Evidence from the August 2002 flood in Germany

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  • Berlemann, Michael
  • Haustein, Erik
  • Steinhardt, Max Friedrich
  • Tutt, Jascha

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Recently, there is a growing interest in understanding how individuals adapt to changing climate conditions and climate-induced extreme weather events, An underexplored question is whether and how climate-related natural hazards affect household saving behavior, For this purpose, we exploit a natural experiment stemming from the European Flood of August 2002, Combining micro data with geo-coded flood maps allows us to analyze the causal impact of flood exposure on household savings within a differences-in-differences setting, We find that flood exposure depresses household saving behavior in the medium run, The most likely explanation is moral hazard induced by massive government support for affected households.

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  • Berlemann, Michael & Haustein, Erik & Steinhardt, Max Friedrich & Tutt, Jascha, 2024. "Do natural disasters affect household saving? Evidence from the August 2002 flood in Germany," Discussion Papers 2024/4, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:fubsbe:306363
    DOI: 10.17169/refubium-45307
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    Keywords

    Natural disasters; flood; saving behavior; natural experiment;
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    JEL classification:

    • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
    • H84 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Disaster Aid
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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