New Orleans business recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

作者：LeSage James P^*; Pace R Kelley; Lam Nina; Campanella Richard; Liu Xingjian

来源：Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series A: Statistics in Society , 2011, 174(4): 1007-1027.

DOI：10.1111/j.1467-985X.2011.00712.x

• Spatial auto-regressive model
• Spatial spillovers

We analyse decisions to reopen in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina made by business establishments on major business thoroughfares in New Orleans by using a spatial probit methodology. Our approach allows for interdependence between decisions to reopen by one establishment and those of its neighbours. There is a large literature on the role that is played by spatial dependence in firm location decisions, and we find evidence of strong dependence in decisions by firms to reopen in the aftermath of a natural disaster such as Hurricane Katrina. This interdependence has important statistical implications for how we analyse business recovery after disasters, as well as government aid programmes.

• 出版日期2011