Natural disasters and economic growth: A meta-analysis

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The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Review of Models and Empirical Studies (2019, background): “Klomp and Valckx (2014) conduct a more focused meta-analysis on the indirect economic effects of natural disasters in terms of economic growth per capita.”
From Poverty to Disaster and Back: a Review of the Literature (2020, methodology): “In a recent meta-analysis using more than 750 estimates, Klomp and Valckx (2014) confirm that natural disasters appear to have a negative effect on growth, particularly in developing countries.”
Feeling the Heat: Climate Risks and the Cost of Sovereign Borrowing (2021, background): “Supply and demand shocks from extreme weather events, although short-term in nature, can have lasting impacts on growth (Acevedo 2014; Klomp and Valckx 2014; Botzen, Deschenes, and Sanders 2019) and public finances.”
Leading and Working From Home in Times of COVID-19: On the Perceived Changes in Leadership Behaviors (2021, background): “In the field of disaster literature (Klomp & Valckx, 2014), looking at actual behavioral responses after exogenous shocks such as COVID-19 is rare, and our paper therefore tries to address this lack of knowledge.”