Governments can significantly reduce earthquake mortality by implementing and enforcing quake-proof construction regulation. The authors examine why many governments do not. Contrary to intuition, controlling for the strength and location of actual earthquakes, mortality is lower in countries with higher earthquake propensity, where the payoffs to mortality prevention are higher. Importantly, however, the government response to earthquake propensity...
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2010/01/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS5182
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2010/07/01
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Earthquake propensity and the politics of mortality prevention
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