Vol 7, No 3 (2019)
Assessing the Regional Variations of Disaster Impact in the United States
Cretson L. Dalmadge
Abstract
This paper utilizes state level data to address the relationship between disasters and economic growth in the United States. Focus is placed on the regional nature of this relationship. The analysis is conducted at two levels: first, utilizing all fifty states to provide a broad model for the entire United States, and second, utilizing only the nine states that define the Northeast United States to generate a more tightly focused single-region model for comparison with the results from the broader national analysis. The results of each model suggest that disasters do affected variations in economic growth and produces differing results for the regional and national models.
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Keywords
Disaster, Economic growth, United States, Regional model.
Publication information
Volume 7, Issue 3
Year of Publication: 2019
ISSN: 1857 - 8721
Publisher: EDNOTERA
How to cite
Dalmadge, C.L.: Assessing the Regional Variations of Disaster Impact in the United States. Journal of Applied Economics and Business, Vol 7, No. 3, 30-47. (2019)