Prettenthaler, Franz E. - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science … 128 (2008) 4, pp. 549-560
Financial aid for the worst-off victims of earthquakes and other catastrophes seems to be a morally unquestioned principle for the allocation of public funds. This paper shows however, that this principle is ambiguous if the decision is viewed as a dynamic choice problem where such resources...