Can extreme rainfall trigger democratic change? The role of flood-induced corruption
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Using a new dataset of extreme rainfall covering 130 countries from 1979 to 2009, this paper investigates whether and how extreme rainfall-driven flooding affects democratic conditions. Our key finding indicates that extreme rainfall-induced floo...
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| author | Rahman, Muhammad Habibur Anbarci, N. Bhattacharya, P.S. Ulubaşoğlu, M.A. |
| author_facet | Rahman, Muhammad Habibur Anbarci, N. Bhattacharya, P.S. Ulubaşoğlu, M.A. |
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Using a new dataset of extreme rainfall covering 130 countries from 1979 to 2009, this paper investigates whether and how extreme rainfall-driven flooding affects democratic conditions. Our key finding indicates that extreme rainfall-induced flooding exerts two opposing effects on democracy. On one hand, flooding leads to corruption in the chains of emergency relief distribution and other post-disaster assistance, which in turn impels the citizenry to demand more democracy. On the other hand, flooding induces autocratic tendencies in incumbent regimes because efficient post-disaster management with no dissent, chaos or plunder might require government to undertake repressive actions. The net estimated effect is an improvement in democratic conditions. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-806902021-01-15T04:09:51Z Can extreme rainfall trigger democratic change? The role of flood-induced corruption Rahman, Muhammad Habibur Anbarci, N. Bhattacharya, P.S. Ulubaşoğlu, M.A. Social Sciences Economics Political Science Business & Economics Government & Law Extreme rainfall shocks Flood severity Corruption Democracy NATURAL DISASTERS VOTING-BEHAVIOR EARTHQUAKES GOVERNMENT DOMINOES ECONOMY CHARGES IMPACT © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Using a new dataset of extreme rainfall covering 130 countries from 1979 to 2009, this paper investigates whether and how extreme rainfall-driven flooding affects democratic conditions. Our key finding indicates that extreme rainfall-induced flooding exerts two opposing effects on democracy. On one hand, flooding leads to corruption in the chains of emergency relief distribution and other post-disaster assistance, which in turn impels the citizenry to demand more democracy. On the other hand, flooding induces autocratic tendencies in incumbent regimes because efficient post-disaster management with no dissent, chaos or plunder might require government to undertake repressive actions. The net estimated effect is an improvement in democratic conditions. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80690 10.1007/s11127-017-0440-1 English SPRINGER restricted |
| spellingShingle | Social Sciences Economics Political Science Business & Economics Government & Law Extreme rainfall shocks Flood severity Corruption Democracy NATURAL DISASTERS VOTING-BEHAVIOR EARTHQUAKES GOVERNMENT DOMINOES ECONOMY CHARGES IMPACT Rahman, Muhammad Habibur Anbarci, N. Bhattacharya, P.S. Ulubaşoğlu, M.A. Can extreme rainfall trigger democratic change? The role of flood-induced corruption |
| title | Can extreme rainfall trigger democratic change? The role of flood-induced corruption |
| title_full | Can extreme rainfall trigger democratic change? The role of flood-induced corruption |
| title_fullStr | Can extreme rainfall trigger democratic change? The role of flood-induced corruption |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can extreme rainfall trigger democratic change? The role of flood-induced corruption |
| title_short | Can extreme rainfall trigger democratic change? The role of flood-induced corruption |
| title_sort | can extreme rainfall trigger democratic change? the role of flood-induced corruption |
| topic | Social Sciences Economics Political Science Business & Economics Government & Law Extreme rainfall shocks Flood severity Corruption Democracy NATURAL DISASTERS VOTING-BEHAVIOR EARTHQUAKES GOVERNMENT DOMINOES ECONOMY CHARGES IMPACT |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80690 |