Aid, catastrophes and the Samaritan's Dilemma

Arbeitspapier

This paper discusses the impact of foreign aid on the recipient country's preparedness against natural disasters. The theoretical model shows that foreign aid can have two opposing effects on a country's level of mitigating activities. In order to test the theoretical propositions we analyse the effect of foreign aid dependence on exante riskmanagement activity proxied by the death toll from major storms, floods and earthquakes occurring worldwide between 1980 and 2002. We find evidence that the crowding-out effect of foreign aid outweighs the preventive effect in the case of storms, while there is mixed evidence in the case of floods and earthquakes.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Papers in Economics and Statistics ; No. 2008-06

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements ; International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
• Thema: foreign aid ; Samaritan's Dilemma ; natural hazards ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Naturkatastrophe ; Katastrophenhilfe

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Raschky, Paul A. ; Schwindt, Manijeh
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Innsbruck, Department of Public Finance
• (wo): Innsbruck
• (wann): 2008

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/71925
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ