Disaster Assistance (OFDA) disburses larger amounts of aid when natural disasters affect the birth region of the countries …

Does the proliferation of aid donors lead to visible changes in the world of foreign assistance? Aid provided by low … effectiveness, we furthermore analyze which factors influence the number of days that pass after a natural disaster before a donor …

with the economics and political economy of war, disaster, and humanitarian action. To illustrate the field's scientific …

2008. Using an event-study approach, the paper finds that while the median increase in ODA is 18 percent compared to pre-disaster … only 3 percent of the total estimated economic damages caused by the disasters. The main determinants of post-disaster aid … strategic behavior on the part of donors determine the size of post-disaster aid surges …

funding decision by aid donors. Our results show that aid allocation is associated with geophysical estimates of the disaster …

, however, could also play a role in disaster preparedness. In particular, I examine whether governments that are deemed to be … investment in disaster preparedness. I find an inverse U-shaped relationship between repression and casualties, with countries at … either end of the distribution experiencing lower fatalities. -- natural disasters ; government repression ; disaster …