Electoral aftershocks: the effects of an earthquake in a multilevel political setting

• In Event: Natural Disasters, Environment and Political Behavior

Brief Overview

The paper exploits a 1998 earthquake that hit the mid-Atlantic Azores archipelago, provoking asymmetrical damage between and within islands. I assess the extent to which the incumbent party was punished afterwards in various realms of government.

Author

• Joao Cancela, Nova University of Lisbon