CESifo Forum 2/2010 (Summer)

Content:
Focus: Natural Disasters
Natural Catastrophes: Do We Have to Live with Them? (Wolfgang Kron)
The Economics of Natural Disasters (Stéphane Hallegatte and Valentin Przyluski)
The Aftermath of Natural Disasters: Beyond Destruction (Eduardo Cavallo and Ilan Noy) Mitigating the Impact of Natural Disasters on Public Finance (David Hofman)
Natural Disaster Impacts and Fiscal Decentralization (Hideki Toya and Mark Skidmore)
Globalization and Localization of Disaster Impacts: An Empirical Examination (Yasuhide Okuyama)
A Hurricane Hits Hawaii: A Tale of Vulnerability to Natural Disasters (Makena Coffmann and Ilan Noy)
Short-Run Economic Impacts of Hurricane Katrina (and Rita) (Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II, Jiyoung Park and Harry W. Richardson)
Measuring the Regional Economic Response to Hurricane Katrina (Bradley T. Ewing, Jamie B. Kruse and Mark A. Thompson)
What Should the World Do about Port-au-Prince? An Economic Assessment (Jacob Vigdor)
The 2010 Volcanic Ash Cloud and Its Financial Impact on the European Airline Industry (Mario Mazzocchi, Francesca Hansstein and Maddalena Ragona)
Specials:
A Euro Rescue Plan (Wolfgang Franz, Clemens Fuest, Martin Hellwig and Hans-Werner Sinn)
Comments on Recent Fiscal Developments and Exit Strategies (Vito Tanzi)
Spotlight: Government Debt in Europe (Christian Breuer and Matthias Müller)
Trends: Statistics Update