The Realities of Federal Disaster Aid: The Case of Floods

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April 25, 2012

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Carolyn Kousky and Leonard Shabman

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1 minute

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Dr. Carolyn Kousky

Nonresident Fellow

Dr. Carolyn Kousky is a nonresident fellow at RFF and Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy at Environmental Defense Fund.

Leonard A. Shabman

Senior Fellow

Len Shabman is a Senior Fellow at RFF. His current work balances time spent in research with advisory activities in order to have a direct bearing on the design and execution of water and related resources policy.

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