Democracy, Death, and Disaster; The Mitigating Effect of Democratic Institutions on Natural Disaster Casualties

• In Event: Comparative Public Policy

Brief Overview

We argue that there will be a negative and significant relationship between a state’s Polity score and the proportion of affected individuals who are killed during a natural disaster.

Authors

• Jacob Bateman, Brigham Young University - Hawaii

• Cody L Barney, Brigham Young University – Hawaii