Natural disaster and financial risk management
by K.B. Oh, Chien-Ta Bruce Ho, Desheng Dash Wu
International Journal of Emergency Management (IJEM), Vol. 6, No. 2, 2009

Abstract: This paper explores and discusses the financial issues faced by firms in a natural disaster. It introduces the disaster risk environment and the factors that affect the operations of a firm. The implications of a natural disaster in terms of unsystematic and systematic risks, investment evaluation, strategic investment, and risk and compliance are addressed. It provides a framework to analyse the disaster risk exposure of a firm and how it might be used in risk management. The discussions in this paper are relevant to the Wenchuan earthquake in China in May 2008.

Online publication date: Tue, 17-Nov-2009

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