Media, institutions, and government action: Prevention vs. palliation in the time of cholera
Chongwoo Choe and
Paul Raschky
European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, vol. 41, issue C, 75-93
Abstract:
This paper studies how media and the quality of institutions affect government action taken before and after a natural disaster. Provided that more media activity is focused on post-disaster action, we show that more media activity and better democratic institutions both contribute positively to the palliative effort after the disaster, although corruption has a negative effect that decreases as media activity increases. On the preventive effort, however, media and democracy both have a negative effect, as does corruption. We provide empirical evidence based on major cholera epidemics and other natural disasters around the world, which largely support these hypotheses.
Keywords: Media; Democracy; Corruption; Government action; Natural disasters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D23 H40 L82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2015.11.001
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