Posts tagged with 'shock'
Research
November 7, 2016
Terrorism, hurricanes, economic crises: Learning through exogenous shocks
Economists seem to have a conspicuous interest in unexpected, far-reaching or even catastrophic events. In most cases, though, this interest […]
Research
November 24, 2014
Stealing to survive: Crime rates rise in response to poor harvest
Between 1863 and 1890, phylloxera (an insect which attacks grapevine roots) destroyed about 40% of the French vineyards. The crisis […]