How do earthquakes shape economic behavior?

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2019-10-30

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Chen, Kevin Z.; Filipski, Mateusz J.; and Zhang, Xiaobo. How do earthquakes shape economic behavior? VoxChina. First published on October 30, 2019. http://www.voxchina.org/show-3-147.html

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Research shows how a disaster can impact an economy beyond the simple rebuilding process. The Sichuan earthquake induced a lifestyle shift in households toward greater spending and a structural shift of the economy away from industrial production.

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Kevin Chen  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7927-4132
 Mateusz Filipski  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8997-0980
 xiaobo zhang  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4981-9565
AGROVOC Keywords
disasters; earthquakes; economic behaviour; savings; household consumption
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China
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Asia; Eastern Asia
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Related reference: https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896298743; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2019.04.004; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.10.019

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