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This paper investigates the effect of typhoons on economic activities in Vietnam. During the period covered by our analysis, 1992-2013, we observed 63 typhoons affecting different locations of the country in different years with varying intensity. Using measures of the intensity of nightlight from satellite imagery as a proxy for the level of economic activity, we study how the nighttime light brightness varies across locations that were variably affected by the tropical cyclones. The results suggest that typhoons have on average dimmed nighttime luminosity of the places hit by 5 ± 5.8% or 8 ± 7.8% depending on the specifications we made.

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author(s) :
Yen Boi HA
Kenneth HOUNGBEDJI
Thanh NGO-DUC
collection :
Research Papers
issn :
2492 - 2846
pages :
18
number :
263
available also in : en
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