Effect of Natural Disasters on Local Economies: Forecasting Sales Tax Revenue after Hurricane Ike

One of the main objectives of this paper is to provide insight to understand the effect of natural disasters on local government finance. That is, to analyze local governments’ sales tax revenues after Hurricane Ike. Three Texas cities are examined: League City, Pearland, and Sugarland. Based on dat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Orkhan Ismayilov, Simon A. Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Association for Triple Helix and Future Strategy Studies 2016-12-01
Series:Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
Online Access:http://koreascience.or.kr/article/JAKO201609064340055.pdf