This paper quantifies hurricane damage caused by climate change across the US. A damage function is estimated from historic hurricane data to measure the impacts at each location given the storm's strength. The minimum barometric pressure of each storm turns out to be a better indicator of damages than the traditional measure of maximum wind speed. A hurricane generator in the Atlantic Ocean is then used to create 5000 storms with and without climate...
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2011/02/01
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Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas
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WPS5561
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2011/11/01
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The impact of climate change on hurricane damages in the United States
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effect of sea level rise
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