Mitigating natural disasters through collective action: The effectiveness of Tsunami early warnings

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1017-1034

  Escaleras, Monica P ^a   Register, Charles A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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