Abstract
The earthquake that struck the Japanese port city of Kobe on January 17, 1995, was the most severe quake ever to strike a modern urban area. It has become the most studied, analyzed, and discussed natural disaster in history. What I propose to add to this dialogue is an economist's overview of what he saw in Kobe 19 months after the event and what he learned during the ensuing 6 months.
Keywords
Earthquakes
Tech Report Number
1997-009
Date of this Version
1997
Recommended Citation
Horwich, G., "Economic Lessons of the Kobe Earthquake" (1997). Purdue CIBER Working Papers. Paper 128.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ciberwp/128
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