Economics and the wind / Bradley T. Ewing, Jerry S. Rawls and Jamie B. Kruse, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ewing, Bradley T.

Rawls, Jerry S.

Kruse, Jamie B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural disasters--Economic aspects--United States.

Natural disasters.

Windstorms--Economic aspects--United States.

Windstorms.

Tornadoes--Economic aspects--United States.

Tornadoes.

Hurricanes--Economic aspects--United States.

Hurricanes.

Windstorm insurance--United States.

Windstorm insurance.

Hurricanes--Economic aspects.

Natural disasters--Economic aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 187 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2005]

Contents:

Disasters by design / Dennis S. Mileti

Fujita scale and dollar losses : evidence from the May 1999 Oklahoma City tornado / Dakshina G. De Silva, Jamie Brown Kruse and Yongsheng Wang

Analysis of local labor market responses to tornadoes / Bradley T. Ewing, Jamie B. Kruse, Mark A. Thompson

Wind disasters and the insurance industry / George R. Walker

Effect of uncertainties in modeling tropical cyclones on pricing excess of loss reinsurance / Siamak Daneshvaran and Robert E. Morden

Weather and shocks to insurance stock prices : volatility and persistence / Bradley T. Ewing and Guillermo Covarrubias

Risk mitigation : individual and market behavior / Jamie Brown Kruse and Kevin M. Simmons

Risk perception and the value of safe rooms as a protective measure from tornadoes : a survey method / Ozlem Ozdemir

The market for tornado protection : market and policy responses following the May 1999 Oklahoma tornadoes / William L. Ridley, Daniel Sutter and Kevin M. Simmons

Impacts of insurance deductibles and hurricane damage perceptions on mitigation choices / Robert T. Burrus, Jr., Christopher F. Dumas and J. Edward Graham, Jr.

Hurricane risk perceptions and preparedness / John C. Whitehead

Valuing safe rooms in hurricane prone regions / John R. Crooker and Jamie Brown Kruse

Natural hazards, fatality rates and societal vulnerability / Nicole Cornell Sadowski and Daniel Sutter

Guidelines for the uniform definition, identification and measurement of economic damages from natural hazard events / Charles W. Howe and Harold C. Cochrane

Economics as a component of a multidisciplinary wind research program / Kishor Mehta.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1594542805

OCLC:

57506568