Keep Calm and Build on Lowlands? Electoral and Fiscal Impact of Residential Development in Disaster-Prone Areas: Evidence from France and Japan

• In Event: Understanding Urban Resilience to Climate Risks and Disasters

Brief Overview

Residential development in disaster-prone areas represents an opportunity for local authorities to increase tax revenue. I study this potential moral hazard, by analyzing housing and local election data with potential and real disaster locations.

Author

• Makoto Fukumoto, European University Institute