Kashian, Russ D.; Buchman, Tracy; Drago, Robert - In: Journal of Economic Studies 49 (2021) 7, pp. 1304-1319
Purpose: The study aims to analyze the roles of poverty and African American status in terms of vulnerability to tornado damages and barriers to recovery afterward. Design/methodology/approach: Using five decades of county-level data on tornadoes, the authors test whether economic damages from...