RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Adaptation to Natural Disasters through the Agricultural Land Rental Market: Evidence from Bangladesh JF Land Economics JO Land Econ FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 032421-0031R DO 10.3368/le.032421-0031R A1 Shaikh M.S.U. Eskander A1 Edward B. Barbier YR 2022 UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/06/15/le.032421-0031R.abstract AB We examine the effects of natural disaster on agricultural households who make rent-in or rent-out transactions. Our econometric approach accounts for the effects of disaster-exposure both on the adjustments in the quantity of operated land and agricultural income conditional on the land quantity adjustments. Using a household survey dataset from Bangladesh, we find that farmers were able to partially ameliorate their losses from exposure to disasters by optimizing their operational farm size through these land rental transactions. Land rental market may be an effective instrument in reducing disaster risks, and post-disaster policies should consider this role more systematically.