 | Building Walls Against Bad Infrastructure Policy In New Orleans
January 22, 2009 Mercatus Policy Series Peter Gordon,
Richard Little |
| This Policy Primer offers guidance for developing more rational government policies for flood protection, approaches that stop subsidizing risky behavior.
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 | Can New Orleans Benefit from Market Approaches for Flood Protection?
July 2, 2008 Working Papers Peter Gordon,
Richard Little |
| This paper suggests some options that would provide decison-makers at each step in the process of flood protection, from Congress to the individual homeowner, with incentives to base decisions on risk and not continue subsidizing behavior that ignores risk.
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| The Political, Economic, and Social Aspects of Katrina
September 7, 2007 Journal Articles Emily Chamlee-Wright,
Peter Boettke,
Peter Gordon,
Peter Leeson,
Russell Sobel,
Sanford Ikeda |
| This paper examines the resiliency of community recovery following natural disaster.
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 | Power to the Neighborhoods: The Devolution of Authority in Post-Katrina New Orleans
August 28, 2007 Mercatus Policy Series Peter Gordon,
Sanford Ikeda |
| Professors Sanford Ikeda and Peter Gordon present an innovative idea for recover: allow communities to break away from central municipalities in order to stimulate economic growth. Such a course could be uniquely suited for post-disaster areas like the Gulf Coast.
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 | Mercatus on Policy: Power to The Neighborhoods
August 24, 2007 Mercatus On Policy Peter Gordon,
Sanford Ikeda |
| Professors Ikeda and Gordon explore an innovative idea for recovery in this release of Mercatus on Policy: allow communitites to decentralize in order to stimulate economic growth; a plan that could be uniquely suited for post-disaster areas like the Gulf Coast.
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| Gales of Creative Destruction: Innovative Governance and Entrepreneurial Development in Post-Katrina New Orleans
February 21, 2007 Working Papers Peter Gordon,
Sanford Ikeda |
| This working paper on post-Katrina New Orleans looks at the organic growth of cities. |
