<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Simmons, Kevin M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Czajkowski, Jeffrey</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Done, James M.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Economic Effectiveness of Implementing a Statewide Building Code: The Case of Florida</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Land Economics</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018-05-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">155-174</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3368/le.94.2.155</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">94</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hurricane Andrew revealed inadequate construction practices were utilized in Florida for decades. In response, Florida adopted a new statewide code—the 2001 Florida Building Code (FBC)—which became one of the strictest in the nation. We use 10 years of paid insured loss data to show that the FBC reduced windstorm losses by up to 72%, then use our results to conduct a benefit-cost analysis (BCA). The FBC passes the BCA by a margin of $6 in full reduced loss to $1 of added cost, with a payback period of approximately 8 years. (JEL Q54, Q58)</style></abstract></record></records></xml>