The impact of earthquakes on economic activity: evidence from Italy
Although earthquakes are large idiosyncratic shocks for affected regions, little is known of their impact on economic activity. Seismic events are rare, the data are crude (the Richter scale measures the magnitude, but says nothing of the associated damages), and counterfactuals are often entirely a...
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Springer Verlag
2019
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