Are Natural Disasters Good for Economic Growth?

dc.contributor.author	Ahlerup, Pelle
dc.date.accessioned	2013-02-20T16:27:19Z
dc.date.available	2013-02-20T16:27:19Z
dc.date.issued	2013-02
dc.identifier.issn	1403-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/32311
dc.description	JEL Classification: O11; Q54; H84	sv
dc.description.abstract	Natural disasters plague the populations of many countries, and the international commu- nity often seeks to alleviate the human suffering by means of humanitarian aid. Do natural disasters also have negative effects on aggregate economic growth? This paper shows that natural disasters on average have a positive association with subsequent economic performance. This overall positive association is driven by the experience of democratic developing countries that receive humanitarian aid.	sv
dc.format.extent	28 pages	sv
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Papers in Economics	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	553	sv
dc.subject	natural disasters	sv
dc.subject	economic growth	sv
dc.subject	humanitarian aid	sv
dc.title	Are Natural Disasters Good for Economic Growth?	sv
dc.type	Text	sv
dc.type.svep	report	sv
dc.contributor.organization	Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg	sv