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-2010 with a comprehensive panel of conflict-related violent actions by paramilitary militias. We first provide evidence that … that of conflict on environmental outcomes, is relatively understudied. From a theoretical point of view this effect is …. Hence, the overall effect of conflict on the environment is an empirical question. We study this relationship in the case of …
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We study economic conflicts using a game theoretical approach. We model a conflict between twoagents where each one has …
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conflict, which we match with department-level data on civilian casualties. The empirical analysis conrms our hypotheses about …
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This paper develops a simple model to investigate how resource-driven economic booms shape the equilibrium political institutions of resource-rich societies and in uence the likelihood of experiencing civil war. In our model a strong government apparatus favors property rights protection but...
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AbstractHow the degree of publicness of goods affect violent conflict? Based on the theoretical model in Esteban and …), the degree of publicness increases (decreases) the likelihood of conflict. This opens an empirical question that we tackle … using microdata from the Colombian conflict at the municipality level. We use three goods with different publicness degree …
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Firms´ compensation practices affect the protection of investors´ interests and the degree of economic inequality by changing the stakes of engaging in appropriation activities versus respecting the status quo. We use a general equilibrium model where workers can either work peacefully or join...
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in Colombia: an interesting case study for social scientists studying violence, conflict, crime and development. We argue …ABSTRACTThis is a critical review of the empirical literature on the relationship between violence and economic growth …
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evidence that adjustment is faster when deviations from the equilibrium level get larger. Our forecasting analysis suggests … that asymmetric and non-linear error correction models offer weak evidence of improved forecasting performance relative to …
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We analyze the determinants of subjective returns of higher education in Colombia. The information on expectations has …
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disease influenced the behaviour and outcomes of the poor in Colombia. …
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