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Earthquake fatalities: the interaction of nature and political economy (2004)
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Anbarci, N., Escaleras, M., & Register, C. (2005). Earthquake fatalities: the interaction of nature and political economy. Journal of Public Economics, 89(9-10), 1907-1933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.08.002

To say that the level of fatalities resulting from an earthquake is inversely related to a country's per capita level of income is hardly novel. What makes our approach novel is that we relate fatalities to both per capita income and the level of ine... Read More about Earthquake fatalities: the interaction of nature and political economy.