Twister! Employment responses to the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma City tornado

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 691-702

  Ewing, Bradley T ^a   Kruse, Jamie B ^b   Thompson, Mark A ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LABOR MARKET; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATURAL DISASTER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TORNADO;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [OKLAHOMA (STT)]; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61849178816     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840601007468     Document Type: Article

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