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Authors: Stephane Hallegatte
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-23 - Publisher: World Bank Publications

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Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development. But the two obje
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We study the long-term impact of climate change on economic activity across countries, using a stochastic growth model where labor productivity is affected by c
The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters
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This work combines research and empirical evidence on the economic costs of disasters with theoretical approaches. It provides new insights on how to assess and
Hysteresis and Business Cycles
Language: en
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Traditionally, economic growth and business cycles have been treated independently. However, the dependence of GDP levels on its history of shocks, what economi