Comments on the Impact of the Good Friday Earthquake on the Alaskan Economy
Notes that the dominance of the public sector, in particular the Federal Government, and the abnormally low role of private business, in the economy of Alaska, are factors which minimize effects of loss and speed reconstruction. In the short term, the economy was stimulated by the disaster, but cont...
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The Arctic Institute of North America
1965
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic3445 http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/3445/3420 |
| Summary: | Notes that the dominance of the public sector, in particular the Federal Government, and the abnormally low role of private business, in the economy of Alaska, are factors which minimize effects of loss and speed reconstruction. In the short term, the economy was stimulated by the disaster, but continued dependence on Federal support is viewed as economically undesirable. |
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