group(iso)
Country
iso country code
world region
World Bank income group
log gdp per capita PPP
log population in thousands
polity index between 0 and 1
trade openness (imports+exports/GDP), PWT
Real interest rate (%)
Domestic credit provided by banking sector (% of GDP)
Gross capital formation (annual % growth)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Current account balance (% of GDP)
Adjusted Openness Dummy acc. Sachs-Warner crit., 1 if open (1990 -1999)
Chinn-Ito financial openness index between 0 and 1
1 if OECD member state, 0 otherwise
1 if Mankiw-Romer-Weil (MRW) sample, 0 otherwise
1 if Sub-Saharan African country, 0 otherwise
1 if low income country, 0 otherwise
1 if middle income country, 0 otherwise
1 if high income country, 0 otherwise
count of earthquakes in EM-DAT
count of storms and hurricanes in EM-DAT
all disasters in EM-DAT, count
large disasters in EM-DAT, great natural disasters - Munich Re (2006)
monetary damage (sum) recorded EM-DAT, millions of US dollar
sum of monetary damage over GDP, EM-DAT
large disaster in EM-DAT, great natural disasters weighted by land area
all disaster in EM-DAT, count weighted by land area
maximum Richter scale for earthquakes
maximum Volcanic Explosivity Index for volcanoes
maximum wind speed in knots for storms and hurricanes, combined measure
difference of monthly precipitation over mean, 1979-2010
absolute difference of monthly precipitation over mean, 1979-2010
difference of monthly temperature over mean, 1979-2010
1 if 3 months in row below 50% of long run mean, or 5 months within year, 0 othe
positive difference in precipitation over mean, 1979-2010
maximum Richter scale for earthquakes weighted by land area
maximum Volcanic Explosivity Index for volcanoes weighted by land area
maximum wind speed in knots for storms and hurricanes, combined measure weighted
difference of monthly precipitation over mean, 1979-2010 weighted by land area
absolute difference of monthly precipitation over mean, 1979-2010 weighted by la
difference of monthly temperature over mean, 1979-2010 weighted by land area
positive difference in precipitation over mean, 1979-2010 weighted by land area
disaster index, sum of types weighted by inverse of standard deviation
disaster index, sum of types weighted by inverse of sd and by land area
disaster index, sum of types weighted by land area
disaster index, sum of types
Richter scale/area times Sachs-Warner trade openness (t-1)
Richter scale/area times lagged polity index (t-1)
Richter scale/area times lagged Chinn-Ito financial openness (t-1)
Volcanic Explosivity Index/area times Sachs-Warner trade openness (t-1)
Volcanic Explosivity Index/area times polity index (t-1)
Volcanic Explosivity Index/area times Chinn-Ito financial openness (t-1)
Wind Speed/area times Sachs-Warner trade openness (t-1)
Wind Speed/area times polity index (t-1)
Wind Speed/area times Chinn-Ito financial openness (t-1)
Positive Difference in Precipitation/area times Sachs-Warner trade openness (t-1
Positive Difference in Precipitation/area times polity index (t-1)
Positive Difference in Precipitation/area times Chinn-Ito financial openness (t-
Drought/area times Sachs-Warner trade openness (t-1)
Drought/area times polity index (t-1)
Drought/area times Chinn-Ito financial openness (t-1)
Difference in Temperature/area times Sachs-Warner trade openness (t-1)
Difference in Temperature/area times polity index (t-1)
Difference in Temperature/area times Chinn-Ito financial openness (t-1)
disaster index/area times Sachs-Warner trade openness (t-1)
disaster index/area times polity index (t-1)
disaster index/area times Chinn-Ito financial openness (t-1)
disaster index weighted/area times Sachs-Warner trade openness (t-1)
disaster index weighted/area times polity index (t-1)
disaster index weighted/area times Chinn-Ito financial openness (t-1)