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Published Research by Emily Chamlee-Wright

Published Research by Emily Chamlee-Wright

Social Capital, Lobbying and Community-Based Interest Groups

Published in
Public Choice
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Virgil Storr | Oct 2011
This article examines the relationship between social capital and lobbying in New Orleans’s post-Katrina recovery.

The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Post-Katrina Community Recovery

Published in
International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Virgil Storr | Dec 2010
This article explores the role of social entrepreneurship in post-Katrina community recovery.

Book Chapter: Community Resilience in New Orleans East: Deploying the Cultural Toolkit within a Vietnamese-American Community

Published in
Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency: Exploring Global Opportunities and Challenges, eds. J. Rivera and D. Miller
Virgil Storr, Emily Chamlee-Wright | Oct 12, 2010
"Community Resilience in New Orleans East: Deploying the Cultural Toolkit within a Vietnamese-American Community" is a chapter in the book Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency: Exploring Global Opportunities and Challenges, eds. J. Rivera and D. Miller.

The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Post-Disaster Recovery

Published in
International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development
Virgil Storr, Emily Chamlee-Wright | Dec 2009
This paper examines the role of the social entrepreneur in post-Katrina recovery and presents implications for…

"There's No Place Like New Orleans"

Sense of Place and Community Recovery in the Ninth Ward After Hurricane Katrina
Published in
Journal of Urban Affairs
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Virgil Storr | Dec 2009
This study contributes to the literature on the strength of place attachment, identity and dependence in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It also engages the literature concerning the role of…

Club Goods and Post-Disaster Community Return

Published in
Rationality and Society
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Virgil Storr | Nov 01, 2009
Hurricane Katrina caused over one hundred billion dollars in property damage in the Greater New Orleans region. Although much attention has been paid to why particular communities have begun to…

Club Goods and Post-Disaster Community Return

Published in
Rationality and Society
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Virgil Storr | Oct 2009
Although much attention has been paid to why particular communities have begun to recover and others have failed to rebound, very little attention has been paid to how the communities that have recovered actually went about doing so.

Local Knowledge: Caring Communities: The Role of Nonprofits in Rebuilding the Gulf Coast

Daniel M. Rothschild, Emily Chamlee-Wright, Jennifer Zambone, Jerry Brito, Lenore Ealy, Veronique de Rugy, Virgil Storr, Peter J. Boettke, Roxanne Alvarez | Aug 2009
This issue of Local Knowledge focuses on the role of nonprofits and social entrepreneurs in rebuilding the Gulf Coast. In this issue you can read research articles that explain what social…

Filling the Civil-Society Vacuum: Post-Disaster Policy and Community Response

Emily Chamlee-Wright, Virgil Storr | Feb 2009
This policy comment discusses this civil-society vacuum that is created in the aftermath of a catastrophic disaster and the effect government policies have on community rebound.

Discovery and Social Learning in Non-Priced Environments

An Austrian View of Social Network Theory
Published in
Review of Austrian Economics
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Justus Myers | Sep 15, 2008
This article engages in a cross-disciplinary discussion between Austrian economics and social network theory. In particular, it asks what role social networks play in the extended order in regard to both individual discovery and whether social networks can be the source of widespread unintended cooperation among individuals unknown to one another.