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The role of electronic payments in disaster recovery: providing more than convenience
On May 3-4, 2006, the Payment Cards Center hosted a two-day conference titled ?The Role of Electronic Payments in Disaster Recovery: Providing More Than Convenience.? The event brought together participants from a range of groups, including financial institutions and other financial service providers; federal and state government and national relief agencies; and the bank regulatory community. Participants examined the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and considered how these experiences may be useful in identifying opportunities to further strengthen the financial system?s response to ...
Journal Article
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: assessing the aftermath
Journal Article
Steps to ease financial stress in areas affected by flooding
Journal Article
Targeted charitable giving : Good intentions, unintended consequences
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Journal Article
In the rubble of disasters, politicians find economic incentives
Natural disasters can be opportunities for politicians. In deciding who gets what aid, they weigh what they can get back in terms of political support, contributions and votes.
Newsletter
Disaster payments and federal crop insurance
Speech
The national and regional economy
Remarks at Pace University, New York City.
Journal Article
The economics of natural disasters
Journal Article
Measuring the effects of the September 11 attack on New York City
The attack on the World Trade Center had an enormous financial, as well as emotional, impact on New York City. This article measures the short-term economic effects on the city's labor force and capital stock through June 2002, the end of the recovery process at the World Trade Center site. Using a lifetime-earnings loss concept, the authors estimate that the nearly 3,000 workers killed in the attack lost $7.8 billion in prospective income. Moreover, the employment impact in the key affected sectors - such as finance, air transportation, hotels, and restaurants - translated into an estimated ...