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The Effects of Economic Policy on the Impacts of Natural Disasters

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18530208
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Economic policy
Research InstitutionNagoya City University

Principal Investigator

TOYA Hideki  Nagoya City University, Faculty of Economics, Associate professor (40285226)

Project Period (FY) 2006 – 2007
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,480,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
KeywordsNatural Disaster / Economic Policy / Fiscal Decentralization / 国際研究者交流 / アメリカ / 経済発展 / 米国
Research Abstract

In this paper we examine the degree to which the human fatalities caused by natural disasters are affected by governmental structure. Over the past twenty-five years interest in fiscal decentralization in developing countries has grown, and many developing countries have sought to implement more decentralized governmental systems. Despite substantial efforts toward fiscal federalism, systematic analysis aimed at assessing the effectiveness of decentralization has been hampered by lack of consistent cross-country measures of effectiveness. In this paper we use data over the period 1972-2005 on natural disaster-induced fatalities collected by the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance/Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (OFDA/CRED) to estimate the relationship between decentralization and deaths caused by natural catastrophes.
We find that while controlling for a number of other economic development measures, countries with more decentralized government structures experience fewer deaths from natural disaster events. This paper contributes to both the literature on the economics of natural disasters and fiscal federalism by showing that human losses, which are most serious in developing countries, are mitigated by decentralization-evidence of effectiveness.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2007 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2006 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2007

All Presentation (2 results)

  • [Presentation] Using Natural Disasters as a Test of Fiscal Decentralization Performance2007

    • Author(s)
      外谷 英樹
    • Organizer
      日本経済学会2007年度秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      日本大学経済学部
    • Year and Date
      2007-09-24
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report 2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Using Natural Disasters as a Test of Fiscal Decentralization Performance2007

    • Author(s)
      Hideki, Toya
    • Organizer
      The 2007 Fall Meeting at Japanese Economic Association
    • Place of Presentation
      Nihon University
    • Year and Date
      2007-09-24
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary

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Published: 2006-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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