203060双碳文库INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND0双碳文库60双碳文库060双碳文库Corruption Kills:obal Evidence from203060双碳Natural Disasters碳文库Serhan Cevik and Joao Tovar Jalles2030WPI23/220双碳文库03060双碳文库203060双碳文库203060双碳203060双碳文库203060双碳文库203060双碳文库203060双碳WORKING PAPER20306023203060双碳203060双碳★OCT203060双碳文库FUND203060双碳文库203068@2023 International Monetary Fund203060双碳文库IMF Working PaperEuropean Department效碳文库Corruption Kills:Global Evidence from Natural DisastersPrepared by Serhan Cevik and Joao Tovar Jalles'203060双2030Authorized for distribution by Bernardin AkitobyOctober 2023203060双IMF Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s)and are published to elicit commentsand to encourage debate.The views expressed in IMF Working Papers are those of the author(s)and donot necessarily represent the views of the IMF,its Executive Board,or IMF managementAbstractNatural disasters are inevitable,but humanitarian and economic losses are determined largely by203060policy preferences and institutional underpinnings that shape the quality of public infrastructure(including emergency responses and healthcare services)and govern business practices and theadherence to building codes.In this paper,we empirically investigate whether corruptionincreases the loss of human lives caused by natural disasters,using a large panel of 135countries during the period 1980-2020.The econometric analysis provides convincing evidencethat corruption increases the number of disaster-related deaths,after controlling for economic,demographic,healthcare and institutional factors.That is,the higher the level of corruption in agiven country,the greater the number of fatalities as a share of population due to naturaldisasters.Our results show that the devastating impact of corruption on loss of human livescaused by natural disasters is significantly greater in developing countries,which are even morevulnerable to nonlinear effects of corruption.2030603060203060JEL Classification Numbers:D31;D73;H41;P16;Q54203060众文库Keywords:Corruption;institutions;natural disasters;fatalitiesAuthor's E-Mail Address:203060双scevik@imf.orq:joaojalles @qmail.com1The authors would like to thank Azar Sultanov for helpful comments and suggestions.20060双碳文库库