/disasters-economic-freedom

Code for disasters projects, regressions and synthetic controls

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Replication code for: The Impact of Institutions in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters

GeoMet data comes from:

Felbermayr, G., & Gröschl, J. (2014). Naturally negative: The growth effects of natural disasters. Journal of Development Economics, 111, 92-106. View article.

The data can be downloaded directly from the Ifo Institute Website.

The data of Economic Freedom from the Fraser Institute can be downloaded directly from their website.

A copy of both datasets is included in the data folder.

To replicate results:

Python file data_preparation.py creates the data used for the regression analysis in R, called econ_freedom_and_geomet.csv, which involves grouping, interpolating and merging. The R files replicate the results from table 1 and table 2 in the article.