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A Phoenix in Flames? Portfolio Choice and Violence in Civil War in Rural Burundi
Nillesen, Eleonora; Verwim, Philip - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
This paper challenges the idea that farmers revert to subsistence farming when confronted with violence from civil war. Macro-economic evidence on economic legacies of civil war suggests that civil wars, while obviously disastrous in the short run, do not
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493682
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A Phoenix in Flames? Portfolio Choice and Violence in Civil War in rural Burundi
Nillesen, Eleonora; Verwimp, Philip - Households in Conflict Network - 2010
This paper challenges the idea that farmers revert to subsistence farming when confronted with violence from civil war. While there is an emerging macroeconomic consensus that wars are detrimental to development, we find contrasting microeconomic evidence. Using several rounds of (panel) data at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534431
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A Phoenix in Flames ?Portfolio Choice and Violence in Civil War in Rural Burundi
Verwimp, Philip; Nillesen, Eleonora - European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and … - 2010
This paper challenges the idea that farmers revert to subsistence farming when confronted with violence from civil war. While there is an emerging macroeconomic consensus that wars are detrimental to development, we find contrasting microeconomic evidence. Using several rounds of (panel) data at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568321
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Warfare, civil conflict and the spatial impacts on domestic investment : evidence from South America, 1950 - 2000
Hicks, Michael J.; Smith, Jeffrey S. - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008650245
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How can Burundi raise its growth rate? : the impact of civil conflict and state intervention on Burundi's growth performance
Basdevant, Olivier - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003830739
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Diamonds are forever, wars are not : is conflict bad for private firms?
Guidolin, Massimo; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2005 - Rev
"This paper studies the relationship between civil war and private investment in a poor, resource abundant country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002917581
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How Can Burundi Raise its Growth Rate? The Impact of Civil Conflicts and State Intervention on Burundi's Growth Performance
Basdevant, Olivier - 2009
of investment, civil conflict, economic inefficiencies, state intervention in the economy, and regulatory restrictions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764557
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Investment and Institutions in Post-Civil War Recovery
O'Reilly, Colin - 2017
Index. Results from growth regressions using an interaction between an index of institutions, and investment/GDP confirm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973983
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Forgone investment: civil conflict and agricultural credit in Colombia
Roux, Nicolás de; Martínez, Luis R. - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012602547
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Forgone Investment : Civil Conflict and Agricultural Credit in Colombia
de Roux, Nicolás; Martinez, Luis R. - 2021
, but not in risk, underlie the increase in credit demand. Third, conflict is not the binding constraint on investment in … areas with low access to markets. Higher investment, unchanged default rates and additional evidence of increased nighttime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013231488