James Siodla

Associate Professor @ColbyCollege. Economic history and urban economics.

[James Siodla @JSiodla]

@drantbradley https://t.co/lCj2pgA49G

[James Siodla @JSiodla]

@peternka @enrico_berkes @EzraKarger Thank you for sharing, Peter! Great stuff!

[BU Economics @bu_economics]

Hanna Schwank’s (@hanna_schwank) job market paper studies the short- and long-run consequences of the 1906 San Francisco Fire, finding negative and persistent effects for those who lost their homes to the flames.

Web: https://t.co/IOu4DIvpn2

JMP: https://t.co/gbOOAMQHAE

[Zach Ward @EconZach]

Interesting paper that finds a long-run negative impact of the 1906 San Fran fire on the people who lived there. Interesting because others have shown San Fran actually grew after the fire (a "clean slate" to build). Yet the people were harmed. @hanna_schwank

[Zach Ward @EconZach]

Also contrasts with others who find disasters (like Katrina) has no long run negative impact on income. Great use of historical data.

[James Siodla @JSiodla]

@EconZach Thanks for highlighting this work, Zach! I’m very happy to see someone has pursued this angle.