Transfer for Disasters: Governmental Responsiveness to Typhoon Risks in China

主讲人

Xiaojia Bao

简介

<div> <div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Abstract:</b>&nbsp;Natural disasters bring significant economic damages globally. Governmental initiated disaster reliefs, especially disaster relief transfers from the central government to local regions, play an important role of reducing damage and help economic recovery for local governments. We use&nbsp;typhoon&nbsp;disaster in China as a special case to analyze the responsiveness of central government for local disaster exposures and potential factors impacting central government's transfer efforts. By exploiting both geographic and year-to-year variations of&nbsp;typhoon&nbsp;exposure at the county level, we found that the central government responds to the current year&nbsp;typhoon&nbsp;exposure by increasing targeted transfers to local regions. Transfer efforts are significantly driven by local vulnerability, instead of political connection and governmental efficiency. Local fiscal competition effects are observed, among both geographic neighbors and administrative neighbors.&nbsp;</span></div> <div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 10pt;"><br /> </span></div> <div style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="line-height: 1.5; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="line-height: 19px;">Keywords: Disaster Relief, Governmental Responsiveness, Typhoon</div> <div style="line-height: 19px;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="line-height: 19px;">JEL Codes: H77, H72, Q54</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> </span></div> </div> <div>&nbsp;</div>

时间

2015-04-30(星期四)16:40-18:00

地点

N302 经济楼/Economics Building

讲座语言

English

主办单位

WISE-SOE

承办单位

类型

系列讲座

联系人信息

主持人

Yun Wang

专题网站

专题

主讲人简介

<p><span style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 14px;">Assistant Professor</span></p> <p><span style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 14px;">Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics &amp; Department of Economics</span></p>

期数

“WISE-SOE”2015春季学期“高级经济学系列讲座”第一讲(总第340讲)--应用微观领域

主讲人: Xiaojia Bao
主讲人简介:

Assistant Professor

Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics & Department of Economics

主持人: Yun Wang
简介:
系列讲座
时间: 2015-04-30(星期四)16:40-18:00
地点: N302 经济楼/Economics Building
期数: “WISE-SOE”2015春季学期“高级经济学系列讲座”第一讲(总第340讲)--应用微观领域
主办单位: WISE-SOE
类型: 系列讲座