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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Cyclone damage"”.
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Essays on the Economics of Private and Social Insurance
… mandatory, actuarially fair, reinsurance for cyclone damage. In this scheme, the government reinsures the cyclone risk, while the private market covers the remaining idiosyncratic risk. I find that public reinsurance leads to a 21% decrease in home insurance premiums and an 11% increase in the …
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Storm signatures in coastal ponds and marshes over the late Holocene
Tropical cyclones pose a growing threat to coastal populations, especially as both populations and infrastructure are increasingly concentrated along the eastern coast of the United States. This thesis seeks to characterize the impacts of storms on coastal ponds and marshes along the eastern coast …