Recovery from the Mega-quake in Japan: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms

Ryuhei Wakasugi () and Ayumu Tanaka

No 867, KIER Working Papers from Kyoto University, Institute of Economic Research

Abstract: Firms which seriously suffered from the mega-quake in the East Japan in 2011 vary in the period to recover from the disaster. This paper examines what factors prolonged the periods for their recovery, using an original survey of disaster-hit firms in Tohoku area. While the cutoff of electrical power, industrial water supplies and transport network prevented the firms from recovering at the early time just after the quake, our estimated result, based on quantile regression, reveals that the severing of the supply chain significantly prolonged the period for their recovery.

Keywords: quake; recovery; supply chain; quantile regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L60 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26pages
Date: 2013-06
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