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Malaria and Economic Development

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Datta, Saurabh C. and Reimer, Jeffrey J.

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Malaria tends to have a negative correlation with national income per capita. Many existing studies emphasize how falling rates of malaria can enhance economic development due to the beneficial effect on human capital. This paper emphasizes that causality may also run in the opposite direction, in particular, that higher incomes—arising...

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Development Saurabh C. Datta and Jeffrey J. Reimer* Abstract Malaria tends to have a negative correlation
Integrated Engineering-Economic Model for the Assessment of Regional Economic Vulnerability to Tsunamis

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Chen, Yunguang, Park, Hyoungsu, Chen, Yong, Corcoran, Patrick, Cox, Daniel, Reimer, Jeffrey J., and Weber, Bruce

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The impact of a tsunami can vary greatly across short distances due to differences in topography, building structures, concentration of economic activities in the inundation zone, and economic linkages beyond the inundation zone. This study takes these factors into account in an analysis of a potential tsunami on the West...

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