Earthquakes don't kill, built environment does: Evidence from cross-country data

Earthquakes don't kill, built environment does: Evidence from cross-country data

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Earthquakes are often attributed to a myriad of human casualties, but its variation is quite remarkable across countries. This paper first presents a conceptual analysis to understand why earthquake casualties vary across countries. After that, using a rich panel dataset of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rahman, Habib
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 2018
Subjects:
Social Sciences
Economics
Business & Economics
Earthquakes
Built environment
Human casualties
Real GDP
NATURAL DISASTERS
ECONOMIC-GROWTH
INCOME
RISK
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80689

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80689

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