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The Death Toll from Natural Disasters: The Role of Income, Geography, and Institutions
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Using a new data set on annual deaths from natural disasters in 48 nations from 1980 to 1999, this paper tests several hypotheses concerning disaster mitigation. While richer nations do not experience fewer natural disaster shocks than poorer nations, richer nations do suffer less death from disaster. Democracies and nations with higher quality institutions suffer less death from natural disaster. The results are relevant for judging the incidence of a Global Warming induced increased in the count of natural disaster shocks.
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- Authors
- Kahn, M. E.
- Affiliations
- Tufts University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kahn, Matthew E.
- ORCID
- Kahn, Matthew E.
- Venue
- Review of Economics and Statistics
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Published
- 2005-05
- Volume
- 87
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 271-284
- ISSN
- 0034-6535 (ISSN-L)
- 1530-9142
- OpenAlex
- W3121354442
- Cited by
- 1,393
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 59.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Review of Economics and Statistics (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Disaster Management and Resilience
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Insurance and Financial Risk Management
- Keywords
- natural disasters, disaster mortality, economic development, income, geography, institutions, democracy, climate change, disaster mitigation
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