Well-being effects of a major natural disaster: The case of Fukushima

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 500-517

  Rehdanz, Katrin ^a,b   Welsch, Heinz ^c   Narita, Daiju ^a,d   Okubo, Toshihiro ^e  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Difference in differences; Fukushima; Natural disaster; Nuclear accident; Subjective well being; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934985285     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.05.014     Document Type: Article

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