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dc.contributor.authorRahman, Muhammad Habibur
dc.contributor.authorAnbarci, N.
dc.contributor.authorBhattacharya, P.S.
dc.contributor.authorUlubaşoğlu, M.A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-20T07:31:24Z
dc.date.available2020-08-20T07:31:24Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationRahman, M.H. and Anbarci, N. and Bhattacharya, P.S. and Ulubaşoğlu, M.A. 2017. Can extreme rainfall trigger democratic change? The role of flood-induced corruption. Public Choice. 171: pp. 331-358.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80690
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11127-017-0440-1
dc.description.abstract

© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Using a new dataset of extreme rainfall covering 130 countries from 1979 to 2009, this paper investigates whether and how extreme rainfall-driven flooding affects democratic conditions. Our key finding indicates that extreme rainfall-induced flooding exerts two opposing effects on democracy. On one hand, flooding leads to corruption in the chains of emergency relief distribution and other post-disaster assistance, which in turn impels the citizenry to demand more democracy. On the other hand, flooding induces autocratic tendencies in incumbent regimes because efficient post-disaster management with no dissent, chaos or plunder might require government to undertake repressive actions. The net estimated effect is an improvement in democratic conditions.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSPRINGER
dc.subjectSocial Sciences
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectPolitical Science
dc.subjectBusiness & Economics
dc.subjectGovernment & Law
dc.subjectExtreme rainfall shocks
dc.subjectFlood severity
dc.subjectCorruption
dc.subjectDemocracy
dc.subjectNATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subjectVOTING-BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectEARTHQUAKES
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT
dc.subjectDOMINOES
dc.subjectECONOMY
dc.subjectCHARGES
dc.subjectIMPACT
dc.titleCan extreme rainfall trigger democratic change? The role of flood-induced corruption
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume171
dcterms.source.number3-4
dcterms.source.startPage331
dcterms.source.endPage358
dcterms.source.issn0048-5829
dcterms.source.titlePublic Choice
dc.date.updated2020-08-20T07:31:24Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Economics, Finance and Property
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyFaculty of Business and Law
curtin.contributor.orcidRahman, Muhammad Habibur [0000-0002-8493-3873]
curtin.contributor.researcheridRahman, Muhammad Habibur [N-5154-2016]
dcterms.source.eissn1573-7101


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