The first post of this series found that small businesses owned by people of color are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. In this post, we focus on the aftermath of disasters, and examine disparities in the ability of firms to reopen their businesses and access disaster relief. Our results indicate that Black-owned firms are more likely to remain closed for longer periods and face greater difficulties in obtaining the immediate relief needed to cope with a natural disaster.| Liberty Street Economics
Recent research has linked climate change and socioeconomic inequality (see here, here, and here). But what are the effects of climate change on small businesses, particularly those owned by people of color, which tend to be more resource-constrained and less resilient? In a series of two posts, we use the Federal Reserve’s Small Business Credit Survey (SBCS) to document small businesses’ experiences with natural disasters and how these experiences differ based on the race and ethnicity o...| Liberty Street Economics
Asani Sarkar is a financial research advisor in Financial Intermediation. He is working on issues related to credit intermediation by banks and nonbanks, and financial stability of nonbanks and stablecoins. His paper “Stigma in Financial Markets: Evidence from Liquidity Auctions and Discount Window Borrowing During the Crisis” received the Western Finance Association Pearson Award for the best paper on Financial Institutions and Markets in 2011. Dr. Sarkar’s papers have appeared in many...| www.newyorkfed.org