An Inter-Sector Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita On The Agribusiness Industry In Mississippi

Albert E. Myles, Albert J. Allen and Saleem Shaik ()

No 34977, 2007 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2007, Mobile, Alabama from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: This study evaluates the impact of hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the agribusiness industry and related sectors in Mississippi. Input-output analysis was used to determine the economic impact of these disasters on the Mississippi agribusiness sector and related sectors in the state's economy.

Keywords: agribusiness; economic impact; input-output analysis; temporal effects; agribusiness sector; related sectors; Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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