Economics Of A Disaster Book

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	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	The Effect of Disasters on Prices of Goods and Services: An Economic Framework	7
2	Measuring the Effect of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Alaskan Seafood Prices	19
3	Industry Background	29
4	Qualitative Evidence Concerning Price Effects	65
5	Japanese Consumer Demand	85
6	Salmon Benchmark Studies	91
7	Salmon Reduced Form Study	101
8	Salmon Processor Prices	111
9	Non-Salmon Species Studies	125
10	Supply Effects	145
11	Fishing Permit Values	153
12	Summary of Results	163
13	Conclusion	181
	Appendix 1. A Brief Description of Statistical Terminology	183
	Appendix 2. Modeling Japanese Consumer Demand	187
	Appendix 3. Reduced Form Model for Alaskan Salmon	191
	Appendix 4. Supply Effects	193
	Selected Bibliography	195
	Index	197