The story of Katrina: New Orleans and the political economy of catastrophe

Public Choice

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 5-30

  Congleton, Roger D ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646720139     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-7729-9     Document Type: Article

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