Voters’ Preferences over Local Leaders after Natural Disasters

• In Event: Weather and Voting Behavior

Brief Overview

We draw testable hypotheses linking disaster damage to voters’ preferences over local leaders and test them using our unique survey data from two disaster-affected areas in Japan.

Authors

• Miwa Nakajo, Tsuda University

• Yoshiharu Kobayashi, University of Leeds

• Kiichiro Arai, Tokyo Metropolitan University