Economic Understanding Meets Real-World Decision Making
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University, a Charles Koch
Foundation grant recipient, is engaged in a five-year effort to study reconstruction in
Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The purpose of the
initiative is to study factors that affect recovery after a disaster and to develop learnings
for the future. Through hundreds of interviews with residents from all walks of
life,
researchers are developing a picture of how community leaders, entrepreneurs, elected
officials, and everyday citizens
make
decisions after disasters. Here a damaged
home is repaired in the wake of
Hurricane Katrina.
For more than 25 years, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, a Charles Koch Foundation grant recipient, has sought to bridge the gap that often exists between economic understanding and real-world decision-making. Mercatus applies scholarly research to problems facing policy makers. Bringing together a global network of scholars and experts, Mercatus provides policy makers with the economic tools to make sense of today's most pressing issues.
The Gulf Coast Recovery Project, sponsored by Mercatus, is a five-year study of long-term redevelopment after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Read about the Gulf-Coast Recovery Project
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