Alessandro Corvasce

Gone With the Wind: Tornadoes and Local Wealth in the United States

Abstract This paper estimates the effect of tornadoes on local wealth in the United States. Combining the GEOWEALTH-US database (1960–2020) with geocoded tornado paths, and employing the de Chaisemartin and D’Haultfœuille (2026. “Difference-In-Differences Estimators of Intertempo...