全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): FEMA Public Assistance Grants: Implications of a Disaster Deductible

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来源类型	Issue Brief
规范类型	简报
	FEMA Public Assistance Grants: Implications of a Disaster Deductible
	Carolyn Kousky; Brett Lingle; Leonard A. Shabman
发表日期	2016-04-29
出版年	2016
页码	Policy Brief 16-04
语种	英语
概述	Can a disaster deductible for FEMA’s public assistance program reduce federal expenditures and incentivize greater investments in risk reduction by states and local governments?
结论	The number of declarations authorizing Public Assistance (PA) grants to states has been increasing over the last several decades, but annual PA spending has not. PA spending after major disaster declarations totaled $82 billion from August 1998 to October 2015. Three events account for over half: Hurricane Katrina (over 25 percent of the total), Hurricane Sandy (18.5 percent), and the 9/11 attacks (9.4 percent). Over that period, the average spending on PA per declaration was $87.5 million. Excluding Katrina and Sandy, the average drops to $50 million. The median over the period was just under $9.75 million; it is similar excluding Katrina and Sandy. A disaster deductible would reduce PA spending by a small percentage while eliminating a much larger share of declarations. A deductible would thus save on administrative costs, by reudcing the number of declarations. At present, there is insufficient information about the deductible to evaluate whether it would incentivize mitigation by state and local governments. The incentive effect of the deductible will depend critically on how it is designed.
主题	Risk and Uncertainty
子主题	Natural Disasters and Extreme Events
URL	http://www.rff.org/research/publications/fema-public-assistance-grants-implications-disaster-deductible
来源智库	Resources for the Future (United States)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/39715
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Carolyn Kousky,Brett Lingle,Leonard A. Shabman. FEMA Public Assistance Grants: Implications of a Disaster Deductible. 2016.