Disaster Impact, National Aid, and Economic Growth: Evidence from the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

How disasters have affected economic growth has often been a subject for economic debate, and empirical studies of the experience in China are clearly inadequate. Using the panel data from 181 county-level cities in Sichuan province from 2003 to 2013, this paper investigates the direct and dynamic e...

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Main Authors: Renjie Zhao, Shihu Zhong, Aiping He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/12/4409