Economics Working Papers, 2026 (vol. 10), issue 3

Risk Management in Public Civil Protection Policy: A Joint Incident Command Decision Model under Asymmetric Institutional Adaptation in Greece

Blioumi Theodora

Economics Working Papers 2026, 10(3):4-475

The article examines how Asymmetric Institutional Adaptation (AIA) affects the multi-level governance of disaster risk in Greece and proposes the Joint Incident Command Decision Model (JICDM) as an instrument for more targeted escalation of the involvement of the General Secretariat for Civil Protection (GSCP). Drawing on research conducted with GSCP officials and Fire Service Commanders, the article develops three composite indices that capture perceived risk intensity, the quality of institutional coordination, and the level of capacity and organizational learning. These indices are grouped into three tiers (low, medium, high), enabling the identification...