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Mitigating natural disasters through collective action: the effectiveness of tsunami early warnings.


by Escaleras, Monica P.^Register, Charles A.
Southern Economic Journal • April, 2008 •

Chi-Square Log- LR Model ([alpha]) Likelihood Chi-Square (i) Full model 11,000 ** -629.30 130.99 ** (ii) Deaths < 7500 5200 ** -528.93 40.05 ** (iii) Pacific tsunamis 3100 ** -428.13 71.04 ** (iv) Quake magnitude > 6.5 11,000 ** -559.77 157.53 ** (v) Pacific and quake

magnitude > 6.5 3100 ** -399.84 72.78 ** (vi) Alternate measure of

tsunami magnitude 4800 ** -617.49 174.64 ** (vii) IIDA < 0 6969 ** -120.92 18.38 ** (viii) IIDA [greater

than or equal to] 0 11,000 ** -500.25 130.11 ** (ix) ELAPSED TIME (a) 11,000** -579.43 122.59 ** Robust standard errors in parentheses. (a) In this model, ELAPSED TIME is used in lieu of WARNING. ** Denotes significance at 5%.


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