This study used the case of East Palo Alto in California, USA, to test a model that shows the impacts of presidential disaster declarations under different flood scenarios. It found that issuing a presidential disaster declaration can reduce long-term consumption losses for lower-income households by more than 50% and greatly reduce the disparity in consumption loss between low-income and high-income households.
- Rodrigo Costa
- Edward Bolte
- Corinne Bowers
