Gone with the Wind : Estimating Hurricane and Climate Change Costs in the Caribbean »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2016/199
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Sebastian Acevedo Mejia
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 October 2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475544763.001
ISBN: 9781475544763
Keywords: Hurricane, tropical cyclone, climate change, climate impact, Caribbean.
This paper studies the economic costs of hurricanes in the Caribbean by constructing a novel dataset that combines a detailed record of tropical cyclones' characteristics with reported damages. I estimate the relat...