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http://dx.doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2011.44.1.1

Panel Data Analysis between Flood Damage and Recovery Cost  

Park, Doo-Ho (Principal Researcher, Kwater Research Institute)
Kim, Sun-Young (Head Managerr, Kwater Academy)
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Journal of Korea Water Resources Association / v.44, no.1, 2011 , pp. 1-8 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper addresses the correlation between the flood damage cost and recovery cost. National data (15 regions) for 20 years, panel data, has been analyzed for this test. Model specification of panel data analysis depends on the characteristics of data set and "fixed" or "random" effects model can be used. The results are represented in both models. As we expected all independent variables show positive relationship with recovery cost, except for the number of death and suffers. The damage of public facilities, such as rivers and road are the major factors on the damage and recovery cost, which means that flood damage can not be decreased without decreasing damages of public facilities from floods. Especially, the recovery cost is always higher than the damage cost and investment for flood control. Unlikely, government investment for flood control is the highest and recovery cost is the always lower than da mage cost andinvestment in Japan. Which means that proper investment can reduce economic damage cost of flood and recovery cost.
Keywords
flood damage; recovery cost; panel data; fixed effects; random effects;
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