IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/regstd/v53y2019i4p490-502.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Socioeconomic effects of an earthquake: does spatial heterogeneity matter?

Author

Listed:
  • Francesco Pagliacci
  • Margherita Russo

Abstract

Estimation of the macroeconomic effects of an earthquake critically depends on the identification of the affected area's boundaries, socioeconomic local heterogeneity and proper counterfactual analysis. By taking the 2012 Emilia-Romagna earthquake (Italy) as a case study, this paper answers these questions in a sub-regional framework. Cluster analysis tackles the heterogeneity issue, returning different types of affected municipalities. A difference-in-differences analysis then suggests that, since 2012, some clusters (and some municipalities within them) have performed better than others. This contrasts with the results observed by comparing the whole affected area with the non-affected one, with implications for both policy interventions and the recovery processes.

Suggested Citation

  • Francesco Pagliacci & Margherita Russo, 2019. "Socioeconomic effects of an earthquake: does spatial heterogeneity matter?," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(4), pages 490-502, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:53:y:2019:i:4:p:490-502
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1462483
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/00343404.2018.1462483
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/00343404.2018.1462483?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Clarke, Lorcan, 2020. "An introduction to economic studies, health emergencies, and COVID-19," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 105051, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. Pagliacci, Francesco & Russo, Margherita, 2018. "Be (and have) good neighbours! Factors of vulnerability in the case of multiple hazards," MPRA Paper 98044, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 25 Nov 2019.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:53:y:2019:i:4:p:490-502. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/CRES20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.