Hurricane Iniki: Measuring the long-term economic impact of a natural disaster using synthetic control

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-205

  Coffman, Makena ^a   Noy, Ilan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 84858698101     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X11000350     Document Type: Article

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