The correct answer is true.
It is true that a study by Van der Vink and students at Princeton University suggests that the level of democracy is more important than the strength of an economy in determining the death toll of a natural disaster.
When studying Geoscience, these students did research under the tutelage of Gregory Van der Vink, who was the Director of Planning for Incorporated Institutions of Seismology. The students created a hazard map of the United States with information about natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados, and floodings. And these students also calculated the cost of the damages in the United States.
