期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS
卷 71, 期 2, 页码 407-425出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-017-0163-2
关键词
Hurricane; Evacuation; Stated preference; Contingent behavior; Evacuation order; Voucher
资金
- National Science Foundation [0838683, 1204762]
- Florida Division of Emergency Management (DEM)
- International Hurricane Research Center at the Florida International University, Miami, Florida
We conduct a stated preference analysis to understand the factors that individual households take into consideration to evacuate during hurricanes. In designing the contingent scenarios for evacuation, we randomly assign varying levels of hurricane characteristics (wind speed, lead time for landfall and the height of storm surge) combined with different types of emergency management options (voluntary versus mandatory evacuation order and a voucher with varying amounts to cover evacuation expenses). Findings indicate that individual households respond, in a non-linear fashion, to the intensity of hurricanes when making evacuation decisions. Respondents are also more likely to evacuate when the storm surge reaches a certain threshold. In terms of policy interventions, mandatory evacuation orders are more effective to increase the likelihood of evacuation. The potential intervention in the form of providing evacuation vouchers to assist households to cover their expenses (e.g. for food, water, transportation and lodging) also seems effective. We discuss policy implications of our findings.
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