Plausibly Exogenous [1045] - Rich Flooded (12/11/2022)
LHS Variable
Access to insurance and credit
RHS Variable
Flood losses
Source of Exogenous Variation
Quasi-random flooding generated by Hurricane Harvey, which hit Houston in August 2017
- Billings, Gallagher, and Ricketts (2019), “Let the rich be flooded: The distribution of financial aid and distress after hurricane harvey”