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How firms in Pakistan adapt differentially when exposed to multiple disasters?

Last registered on August 21, 2024
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General Information

Title
How do firms in Pakistan adapt differentially when exposed to multiple disasters?
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0014122
Initial registration date
August 04, 2024

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
August 13, 2024, 2:25 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Last updated
August 21, 2024, 6:06 PM EDT

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Primary Investigator

Name
Maha Rehman
Affiliation
Cornell University
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2024-01-20
End date
2026-12-31
Keywords
Environment & Energy, Finance & Microfinance, Firms & Productivity, Governance
Additional Keywords
earthquake, firms, adaptation, resilience, Pakistan, natural disasters, manufacturing, recovery, diversification, aid.
JEL code(s)
H84, L25, O12, O14, O53, Q54, R11
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Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
Located at the intersection of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates, Pakistan is one
of the most seismically active countries in the world. This vulnerability is compounded by
the presence of over 7,253 glaciers, the largest number outside the polar regions, making
the country more prone to large scale flooding. In view of the country’s susceptibility to
natural disasters, it is important to understand firm’s existing adaptive capacity in order
to determine the optimal firm and government response.

Research Questions:

1. How did the firms adapt differentially after 2005 earthquake and 2010 and 2022 floods in Pakistan?
2. What drives the differences in adaptation responses across different catastrophes?
3. How do firms that have suffered more than one major shock adapt and respond?
4. How do multiple shocks change drivers of growth?
5. How do firms affected by a single and multiple disasters respond differentially to different recovery stimulus?

This is a follow-up to my earlier paper titled "From Disruption to Resilience: How Firms in Pakistan
Weather Natural Disasters"
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Registration Citation

Citation
Rehman, Maha. 2024. "How do firms in Pakistan adapt differentially when exposed to multiple disasters? ." AEA RCT Registry. August 21. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.14122-1.2
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
How do firms affected by a single and multiple disasters respond differentially to different recovery stimulus.

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Intervention Start Date
2025-01-31
Intervention End Date
2026-01-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Firm Level Outcomes.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
How do firms affected by a single and multiple disasters respond differentially to recovery stimulus.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
Firm
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
4500
Sample size: planned number of observations
4500
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
1500, 1500, 1500
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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