Publicação
Essays in environmental economics
| Resumo: | The first chapter examines drought impacts on primary sector firms, revealing negative effects on sales, employment, and expenses, notably for micro, non-exporting, and more recent firms in non-perennial crop cultivation. The second chapter of my dissertation analyzes the impact of wildfires on firms’ assets and employment levels, while the third investigates sector-specific productivity effects. Wildfires are shown to decrease firm assets by 10,3% and employment by 9,4%. While the pulp and paper industry benefits from creative destruction processes, restaurants and accommodations, heavily reliant on ecosystems, have minimal room for adjustment and their productivity decreases, although this effect dissipates over time. |
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| Autores principais: | Póvoa, Inês |
| Assunto: | Extreme weather events Portugal Firm-level data Difference-in-differences |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | tese de doutoramento |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso embargado |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | The first chapter examines drought impacts on primary sector firms, revealing negative effects on sales, employment, and expenses, notably for micro, non-exporting, and more recent firms in non-perennial crop cultivation. The second chapter of my dissertation analyzes the impact of wildfires on firms’ assets and employment levels, while the third investigates sector-specific productivity effects. Wildfires are shown to decrease firm assets by 10,3% and employment by 9,4%. While the pulp and paper industry benefits from creative destruction processes, restaurants and accommodations, heavily reliant on ecosystems, have minimal room for adjustment and their productivity decreases, although this effect dissipates over time. |
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