Publications
Natural Disasters, Missing Pupils: Evidence from Colonial Jamaica’s School System
Huesler, Joel (forthcoming). “Natural Disasters, Missing Pupils: Evidence from Colonial Jamaica’s School System.” Explorations in Economic History
The Impact of Hurricane Strikes on Caribbean Sovereign Bond Returns
Huesler, Joel (forthcoming). “The Impact of Hurricane Strikes on Caribbean Sovereign Bond Returns.” Financial History Review.
The Impact of Tornadoes and Damaging Winds on County-Level Income Growth in the United States
Huesler, J. The Impact of Tornadoes and Damaging Winds on County-Level Income Growth in the United States. Int J Disaster Risk Sci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-024-00605-2
The Creative-Destructive Force of Hurricanes: Evidence from Technological Adoption in Colonial Jamaican Sugar Estates
Huesler, J., Strobl, E. The creative–destructive force of hurricanes: evidence from technological adoption in colonial Jamaican sugar estates. Cliometrica (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11698-024-00286-3
Impact of Tropical Storms on the Banking Sector in the British Colonial Caribbean
Huesler, J. Impact of tropical storms on the banking sector in the British Colonial Caribbean. Cliometrica (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11698-023-00280-1
Predicting the number of fatalities in extreme civil aviation accidents
Huesler, Joel, and Eric Strobl. (2023). “Predicting the Number of Fatalities in Extreme Civil Aviation Accidents.” Journal of Air Transportation: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.D0357
Work in Progress
Flooding Away the Economic Gains from Transport Infrastructure: Evidence from Colonial Jamaica
Taming the Floods: River Corrections and Population Growth in Nineteenth-Century Switzerland
Research Interests
Economic History, Environmental Economics, Analysis of Extreme Events
Refereeing
Cliometrica
Environmental and Resource Economics
Joel Huesler 