Biases in media response to disasters abroad drive government foreign aid decisions

Ioannis Evangelidis; Bram Van den Bergh; J Levav

Biases in media response to disasters abroad drive government foreign aid decisions

Ioannis Evangelidis
, Bram Van den Bergh
, J Levav

Department of Marketing Management

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Abstract

We show that US media attention to disasters abroad is based on the number of fatalities than on the number of people in need, and that this effect carries over to disaster relief decisions by the US government. This finding suggest the possibility of a systematic misallocation of relief funds. We formulate propositions that help improve disaster relief decisions and aid allocation.

Original language	English
Publication status	In preparation - 2019

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