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Economic Considerations in Designing Emergency Management Institutions and Policies for Transboundary Disasters

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Pages 446-462 | Published online: 27 Mar 2013
 

Abstract

An increasing number of disasters are generating consequences that extend beyond political boundaries. This article provides an economic framework for designing transboundary emergency management institutions and policies to address these transboundary crises. It emphasizes the importance of economic considerations in two ways. First, we disaggregate economic losses into direct and indirect components, which vary in terms of their transboundary potential. Second, we apply economic principles such as scale economies, externalities and public goods in analysing European cooperation in emergency management. The article concludes by identifying the type of consequences that might best be addressed by a wider geographic and political authority.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The authors are grateful to the guest editors and two anonymous referees for their helpful comments. Any opinions and conclusion presented in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the sponsor or the organization with which the authors are affiliated.

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