Hurricane Katrina and economic loss: An alternative measure of economic activity

Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Thompson, Mark A ^a  

^a AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic loss; Hurricane Katrina; Louisiana; State coincident index

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649172575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19329156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1932-9156.1034     Document Type: Article

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