Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/92864 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Discussion Paper No. 812
Publisher: 
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka
Abstract: 
This paper studies how media and democracy influence government action taken before and after a natural disaster. The key elements in this relationship are the media's role as the provider of information to voters about government action and the quality of democracy that pertains to how relevant election results are. We show that more media activity and more democratic institutions both contribute positively to the government's palliative effort after the disaster. However, the effects of media and democracy on the government's preventive effort before the disaster are negative. We provide empirical evidence based on major cholera epidemics around the world, which lends some support to these hypotheses.
Subjects: 
media
democracy
corruption
natural disaster
JEL: 
D23
H40
L82
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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