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Natural Disasters And Debt Financing Costs

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  • BORIS FISERA

    (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia†Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Czech Republic)

  • ROMAN HORVATH

    (��Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Czech Republic)

  • MARTIN MELECKY

    (��World Bank, Washington DC, USA§Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia)

Abstract

Using a comprehensive dataset of 272 large-scale natural disasters in 83 countries from 1986 to 2018, we find that disasters increase government debt financing costs (T-bill rates and 10-year government bond yields) but only in the middle- and low-income countries. This distinct response relative to high-income countries is due to lower levels of credit market depth, of private insurance penetration, and of central bank independence. The results for all natural disasters are driven by biological (epidemic) and climatological disasters — two types of hazards, the frequency and severity of which have been rising.

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  • Boris Fisera & Roman Horvath & Martin Melecky, 2023. "Natural Disasters And Debt Financing Costs," Climate Change Economics (CCE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 14(03), pages 1-24, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ccexxx:v:14:y:2023:i:03:n:s201000782350015x
    DOI: 10.1142/S201000782350015X
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    1. Ferreira, Susana, 2024. "Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change: Economic Impacts and Adaptation Policies," IZA Discussion Papers 16715, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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    Keywords

    Natural disasters; interest rates; government;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • Q33 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Resource Booms (Dutch Disease)

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