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The 1960 Tsunami in Hawaii: Long Term Consequences of a Coastal Disaster

Lynham, J; Noy, I; Page, J (2012)

Research on the economic and human toll of natural disasters focuses on the short-term, often ignoring the important long-term impacts of these catastrophic events. The main reason for the lack of empirical research on the ...
Optimal Tax Rules for Addictive Consumption

Bossi, Luca; Calcott, Paul; Petkov, Vladimir (2011)

This paper studies implementation of the social optimum in a model of habit formation. We consider taxes that address inefficiencies due to negative consumption externalities, imperfect competition, and self-control problems. ...