TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect the rebuilding of the casino industry has had on the recovery efforts from Katrina.Design/methodology/approach– The paper uses quarterly data from four states affected by Katrina, and a simple OLS model to test the effect the casino industry has had on personal income in the states.Findings– The paper finds that the casino industry has had a statistically significant positive impact on the economic recovery in casino states relative to non‐casino states.Research limitations/implications– The paper examines a relatively short term. Other research has suggested that the long‐run effects of casinos are less certain. As more data become available, the model could be re‐tested.Practical implications– These results support previous evidence on a short‐run economic stimulus effect from casinos.Originality/value– The paper extends previous work on the Katrina recovery by including more data, including a control sample of states without casinos, and weighting the income and revenue data.
VL  - 35
IS  - 7
SN  - 0306-8293
DO  - 10.1108/03068290810886920
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/03068290810886920
AU  - Walker Douglas M.
AU  - Jackson John D.
ED  - Walter Block
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Market‐based “disaster relief”: Katrina and the casino industry
T2  - International Journal of Social Economics
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 521
EP  - 530
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -