The Economics of Disaster Relief

Bibliographic Data

ID6089916
AuthorsGiuseppe Dari‐mattiacci (0000-0001-7869-9825), Michael Faure (0000-0001-8756-7832), Michael G Faure
Year2015
Volume37
Issue3
Pages180-208
Publication date2015-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLaw & Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/lapo.12036
OpenAlexW2121973011
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited36

We distinguish among three types of actions that can be taken to alleviate the consequences of natural disasters: precautionary efforts (made ex ante), relief efforts (made in the immediate aftermath of a disaster), and recovery efforts (made ex post). We argue that recognizing this distinction lessens many of the problems that the literature attributes to government intervention and hence expands the scope of government action following disasters. Relief is less likely than recovery to generate over‐supply by the government and over‐reliance by victims

Action (physics · Business · Economic growth · Economic interventionism · Economics · Emergency management · Ex-ante · Geography · Government (linguistics · Intervention (counseling · Macroeconomics · Natural disaster · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Scope (computer science · Agricultural risk and resilience · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Law · Psychology

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