Public sector corruption and major earthquakes: A potentially deadly interaction

By Monica P. Escaleras, Nejat Anbarcı, C. Register. 2007

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Recent studies have identified various negative effects of public sector corruption. We add to these by considering the association between corruption and deaths due to major earthquakes. After developing a brief theoretical model of the relation between these two variables we test the proposition by analyzing 344 quakes occurring between 1975 and 2003. The empirical model takes into account the endogeneity of corruption and controls for factors, such as earthquake frequency, magnitude, distance from population centers, and a country’s level of development which influence quake destructiveness. The results indicate that public sector corruption is positively related to earthquake deaths.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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Corruption and destructive entrepreneurship (2017, unknown): “Although corruption may increase the concentration of capital projects, some studies find that the quality of these public works is often sub-par as well (Kahn 2005; Escaleras et al. 2007).”
The political economy of natural disaster damage (2014, methodology): “While there is a growing literature analyzing the determinants of disaster mortality (e.g., Kahn 2005; Anbarci et al. 2005; Escaleras et al. 2007; Neumayer and Plümper 2007; Plümper and Neumayer 2009, Keefer et al. 2011) as well as a nascent literature on the determinants of disaster damage (e.g.…”
Earthquake propensity and the politics of mortality prevention (2010, unknown): “Escaleras et al. (2007) emphasize this information asymmetry in assuming that it is impossible for private parties to contract for high quality construction. In the absence of regulation, they argue, earthquake mortality is high. However, even if construction quality were observable (e.g., by indivi”
Anticipated behavioral response patterns to an earthquake: The role of personal and household characteristics, risk perception, previous experience and preparedness (2018, unknown): “industry corruption is widespread [13,3].”
The resource curse revisited: governance and natural resources (2011, background): “It deals with fund allocations as a result of natural disasters and is spearheaded by Garrett and Sobel (2003) and Escaleras et al. (2007) .”