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Lock, Stock, and Barrel: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Determinants of Terror
Gassebner, Martin; Luechinger, Simon - CESifo - 2011
We assess the robustness of previous findings on the determinants of terrorism. Using extreme bound analysis, the three … most comprehensive terrorism datasets, and focusing on the three most commonly analyzed aspects of terrorist activity, i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278127
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Opium for the Masses? Conflict-Induced Narcotics Production in Afghanistan
Lind, Jo Thori; Moene, Karl Ove; Willumsen, Fredrik - CESifo - 2009
We show that the recent rise in Afghan opium production is caused by violent conflicts. Violence destroys roads and irrigation, crucial to alternative crops, and weakens local incentives to rebuild infrastructure and enforce law and order. Exploiting a unique data set, we show that Western...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005051583
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The Costs of Organized Violence: A Review of the Evidence
Skaperdas, Stergios - CESifo - 2009
), terrorism, and external conflicts, including military spending. There are a number of key theoretical concerns on what counts as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013055
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Wars of Conquest and Independence
Hodler, Roland; Yektas, Hadi - CESifo - 2013
Wars of conquest and wars of independence are characterized by an asymmetric payoff structure: one party gets aggregate production if it wins, and its own production if it loses, while the other party gets only its own production if it wins, and nothing if it loses. We study a model of war with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010668476
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War and Relatedness
Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain - CESifo - 2009
We develop a theory of interstate conflict in which the degree of genealogical relatedness between populations has a positive effect on their conflict propensities because more closely related populations, on average, tend to interact more and develop more disputes over sets of common issues. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034635
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National Borders, Conflict and Peace
Spolaore, Enrico - CESifo - 2009
This paper reviews the economics approach to conflict and national borders. The paper (a) provides a summary of ideas and concepts from the economics literature on the size of nations; (b) illustrates them within a simple analytical framework where populations fight over borders and resources,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572482
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Conflicts with Multiple Battlefields
Dan Kovenock J.; Roberson, Brian - CESifo - 2010
This paper examines conflicts in which performance is measured by the players' success or failure in multiple component conflicts, commonly termed “battlefields”. In multi-battlefield conflicts, behavioral linkages across battlefields depend both on the technologies of conflict within each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671699
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Suicide Attacks and Religious Cleavages
Filote, Andra; Potrafke, Niklas; Ursprung, Heinrich - CESifo - 2015
Many experts claim that the incidence of suicide attacks is driven by religious cleavages. To test this hypothesis, we investigate whether the total number of suicide attacks per violent conflict or the annual number of suicide attacks per country is associated with simmering religious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011155382
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Demographic Transition and Political Stability: Does Corruption Matter?
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Witthuhn, Stefan - CESifo - 2014
the political turmoil in the Arab world, with the so-called Arab Spring. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103400
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The Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: A Survey (Part I)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - CESifo - 2010
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter …-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences … of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is important to regarding of the issue of counter-terrorism policy. Moreover the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533989