Government Repression and the Death Toll from Natural Disasters

Samia Costa

No 3703, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: Natural disasters have been a major cause of human suffering. Countries with higher income, lower inequality, lower corruption, and more democratic regimes have been found to experience less casualties from disasters. Government repression, however, could also play a role in disaster preparedness. In particular, I examine whether governments that are deemed to be human rights violators, which may not expect to receive assistance, experience lower casualties due perhaps to greater investment in disaster preparedness. I find an inverse U-shaped relationship between repression and casualties, with countries at either end of the distribution experiencing lower fatalities.

Keywords: natural disasters; government repression; disaster preparedness; human rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D70 F35 H50 O00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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