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April 3, 2026Growth and Change

Agglomeration Economies and Intergovernmental Cooperation in Productive Disaster Management Expenditure

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SKSudong Kim

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Analysis reveals economic growth impacts vary in regional disaster management expenditure, highlighting cooperative governance benefits.

Key Points

  • This research examines the impact of disaster management spending on regional economic growth in various institutional settings.
  • Analyzed panel data from 226 South Korean municipalities from 2011 to 2021.
  • Used fixed effects and System GMM for analysis.
  • Controlled for population density as a proxy for agglomeration.
  • Presented systematically heterogeneous effects on economic growth.
  • Districts showed the strongest impact from disaster management spending.
  • Counties exhibited the weakest returns.
  • Highlighted the role of cooperative governance in enhancing economic returns.

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Sudong Kim (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cf5dd55a333a821460bd06https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.70124
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