Hurricane Katrina - Gulf Coast Recovery

Hurricane Katrina - Gulf Coast Recovery

Hurricane Katrina - Gulf Coast Recovery

EXPERTS

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Veronique de Rugy

  • Senior Research Fellow
Veronique de Rugy is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center. She was previously a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute, and a research fellow at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation. Her research interests include the federal budget, homeland security, taxation, tax competition, and financial privacy issues.
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Bruce Yandle

  • Member, Financial Markets Working Group
  • Mercatus Center Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics
  • Dean Emeritus, Clemson College of Business and Behavioral Sciences
Bruce Yandle is a distinguished adjunct professor of economics for the Mercatus Center's Capitol Hill Campus program and the dean emeritus of the Clemson College of Business and Behavioral Sciences.
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PUBLISHED RESEARCH

International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development
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The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Post-Disaster Recovery

Virgil Storr, Emily Chamlee-Wright | Dec 2009
This paper examines the role of the social entrepreneur in post-Katrina recovery and presents implications for policy.
Journal of Urban Affairs

"There's No Place Like New Orleans"

Sense of Place and Community Recovery in the Ninth Ward After Hurricane Katrina
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Virgil Storr | Dec 2009
This study contributes to the literature on the strength of place attachment, identity and dependence in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It also engages the literature concerning the role of sense of place in community engagement and the disruption in place attachment, identity and dependence that natural disasters can cause.
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WORKING PAPERS

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The Political Economy of FEMA: Did Reorganization Matter?

Peter Leeson, Christopher Coyne, Russell Sobel | Dec 2009
This paper investigates the political economy of FEMA’s post-9/11 merger with the Department of Homeland Security.
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There’s No Place Like New Orleans: Sense of Place and Community Recovery in the Ninth Ward After Hurricane Katrina

Emily Chamlee-Wright, Virgil Storr | Oct 2008
This paper investigates the “sense of place” that residents in Ninth Ward New Orleans neighborhoods identify in their narratives about their pre- and post-Hurricane Katrina experiences.
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POLICY BRIEFS

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Mercatus on Policy: Hosting a Disaster

Daniel M. Rothschild, Emily Chamlee-Wright | Jun 2008
Professor Emily Chamlee-Wright and Associate Director Daniel Rothschild examine policies that can prepare cities to host an evacuee population.

TESTIMONY & COMMENTS

Congressional Testimony

Written Testimony on Reforming the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association

Daniel Sutter | Feb 24, 2009
This written testimony was delivered to the Texas House of Representatives Insurance Committee as part of the February 24, 2009 hearing on Texas Windstorm Insurance Assocation.
Congressional Testimony
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Written Testimony on Rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina

Daniel M. Rothschild, Emily Chamlee-Wright, Mario Villarreal-Diaz | Jun 26, 2007
This written testimony was delivered to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's Subcommittee on Domestic Policy as part of the June 26, 2007 hearing on labor law enforcement and regulation in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.

MEDIA CLIPPINGS

The Heartland Institute: Finance, Insurance & Real Estate News

Texas Windstorm Program Problems Remain After Reforms

Daniel Sutter | Feb 14, 2010
Daniel Sutter is cited in the Finance, Insurance & Real Estate News about the unintended consequences of coastal insurance regulation by Texas’ state-run, windstorm insurer.

Mercatus Center at George Mason University Recognized for Advancing Liberty

Arlington, VA – October 20, 2008 – The Atlas Economic Research Foundation today made an award to the Mercatus Center at George Mason University for its work on the Gulf Coast Recovery Project. The award, the 2008 Templeton Freedom Award, recognizes the contributions of independent research organizations to promote liberty…
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