Laura Bakkensen
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5806239 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Laura Bakkensen |
| PRENOMES | Laura |
| SOBRENOME | Bakkensen |
| ASSINATURA | BAKKENSEN L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Arizona |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1518-3981 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
“Do Battle with Insurance”
Property insurance is essential for hurricane recovery, yet timely and fair claims payouts are not guaranteed. Post-disaster litigation over denied or delayed claims is common but understudied in who sues and how this varies sociodemographically. Southwest Louisiana is well situated for such an analysis, where within two years after Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta hit the region in 2020, one in five federal civil litigation cases were filed, …
Leveraging the Disagreement on Climate Change
Climate Shocks, Cyclones and Economic Growth
This paper proposes a joint empirical-structural approach to quantify the impacts of cyclone risks on economic growth and welfare. First, we review prior reduced-form approaches in a harmonised global dataset and through a theory lens. Second, we estimate cyclone impacts on structural determinants of growth (total factor productivity, capital losses and fatalities) to quantify a stochastic endogenous growth cyclone-economy model for forty vulnera…
Cumulative impacts in environmental justice
The economics of tropical cyclone adaptation
As tropical cyclones continue to devastate societies with their power and destruction, adaptation remains a cornerstone of public and private mitigation decisions. This chapter reviews key themes in the economics of tropical cyclone adaptation. The chapter begins with a review of the economic theory of both private and public adaptation with focus on decision insights from both rational choice theory and behavioral economics. The chapter then sur…
Developing a comprehensive methodology for evaluating economic impacts of floods in Canada, Mexico and the United States
Assessing the true economic costs of floods is central to addressing their impacts, allocating adequate resources for monitoring and preparedness, assessing their changes over time, and building resilient communities. Considerable variability exists in the choice and implementation of methods used in Canada, Mexico, and the United States at national and sub-national levels for estimating the direct damages and indirect losses caused by floods. Th…
Institutional design for a complex commons
Sustainably managing regional‐scale common pool resources and providing for environmental public goods often requires the cooperation of multiple governments in the design and adoption of diverse institutional arrangements. Do government actors anticipate the collective action challenges of credible commitment and public goods provision in devising institutional arrangements? Drawing on public–private partnerships, local public contracting and po…
Climate costs of tropical cyclone losses also depend on rain
It is well established that climate change will lead to changes in tropical cyclone (TC) characteristics and affiliated impacts to human communities. While a growing social science literature estimates losses from TCs, almost all have characterized TCs by wind speed alone. However, TC winds are commonly accompanied by intense rainfall, both of which will likely be impacted by climate change. We assess the impact of rain on current and future TC l…
Is Tropical Cyclone Surge, Not Intensity, What Kills So Many People in South Asia
This paper statistically examines the hypothesis that the level of storm surge, not storm intensity, is primarily responsible for the large number of tropical cyclone fatalities in South Asia. Because the potential causal link between intensity and surge can confound statistical inference, the authors develop two fatality models using different assumptions on the relationship between storm surge and intensity. The authors find evidence that storm…
Validating Resilience and Vulnerability Indices in the Context of Natural Disasters
Due to persistent and serious threats from natural disasters around the globe, many have turned to resilience and vulnerability research to guide disaster preparation, recovery, and adaptation decisions. In response, scholars and practitioners have put forth a variety of disaster indices, based on quantifiable metrics, to gauge levels of resilience and vulnerability. However, few indices are empirically validated using observed disaster impacts a…
Institutional design for a complex commons
Sustainably managing regional‐scale common pool resources and providing for environmental public goods often requires the cooperation of multiple governments in the design and adoption of diverse institutional arrangements. Do government actors anticipate the collective action challenges of credible commitment and public goods provision in devising institutional arrangements? Drawing on public–private partnerships, local public contracting and po…
Leveraging the Disagreement on Climate Change
Validating Resilience and Vulnerability Indices in the Context of Natural Disasters
Due to persistent and serious threats from natural disasters around the globe, many have turned to resilience and vulnerability research to guide disaster preparation, recovery, and adaptation decisions. In response, scholars and practitioners have put forth a variety of disaster indices, based on quantifiable metrics, to gauge levels of resilience and vulnerability. However, few indices are empirically validated using observed disaster impacts a…
Is Tropical Cyclone Surge, Not Intensity, What Kills So Many People in South Asia
This paper statistically examines the hypothesis that the level of storm surge, not storm intensity, is primarily responsible for the large number of tropical cyclone fatalities in South Asia. Because the potential causal link between intensity and surge can confound statistical inference, the authors develop two fatality models using different assumptions on the relationship between storm surge and intensity. The authors find evidence that storm…
Climate costs of tropical cyclone losses also depend on rain
It is well established that climate change will lead to changes in tropical cyclone (TC) characteristics and affiliated impacts to human communities. While a growing social science literature estimates losses from TCs, almost all have characterized TCs by wind speed alone. However, TC winds are commonly accompanied by intense rainfall, both of which will likely be impacted by climate change. We assess the impact of rain on current and future TC l…
Developing a comprehensive methodology for evaluating economic impacts of floods in Canada, Mexico and the United States
Assessing the true economic costs of floods is central to addressing their impacts, allocating adequate resources for monitoring and preparedness, assessing their changes over time, and building resilient communities. Considerable variability exists in the choice and implementation of methods used in Canada, Mexico, and the United States at national and sub-national levels for estimating the direct damages and indirect losses caused by floods. Th…
Institutional design for a complex commons
Sustainably managing regional‐scale common pool resources and providing for environmental public goods often requires the cooperation of multiple governments in the design and adoption of diverse institutional arrangements. Do government actors anticipate the collective action challenges of credible commitment and public goods provision in devising institutional arrangements? Drawing on public–private partnerships, local public contracting and po…
The economics of tropical cyclone adaptation
As tropical cyclones continue to devastate societies with their power and destruction, adaptation remains a cornerstone of public and private mitigation decisions. This chapter reviews key themes in the economics of tropical cyclone adaptation. The chapter begins with a review of the economic theory of both private and public adaptation with focus on decision insights from both rational choice theory and behavioral economics. The chapter then sur…
Cumulative impacts in environmental justice
Leveraging the Disagreement on Climate Change
Climate Shocks, Cyclones and Economic Growth
This paper proposes a joint empirical-structural approach to quantify the impacts of cyclone risks on economic growth and welfare. First, we review prior reduced-form approaches in a harmonised global dataset and through a theory lens. Second, we estimate cyclone impacts on structural determinants of growth (total factor productivity, capital losses and fatalities) to quantify a stochastic endogenous growth cyclone-economy model for forty vulnera…
“Do Battle with Insurance”
Property insurance is essential for hurricane recovery, yet timely and fair claims payouts are not guaranteed. Post-disaster litigation over denied or delayed claims is common but understudied in who sues and how this varies sociodemographically. Southwest Louisiana is well situated for such an analysis, where within two years after Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta hit the region in 2020, one in five federal civil litigation cases were filed, …
Economics (6 obras) · Disaster Management and Resilience (5 obras) · Geography (5 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Climate change (4 obras) · Environmental Science (4 obras) · Geology (4 obras) · Business (3 obras) · Climatology (3 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras)