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The Environmental Impact of Civil Conflict: The Deforestation Effect of Paramilitary Expansion In Colombia
Vargas, Juan Fernando; Fergusson, Leopoldo; Romero, Dario - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2014
Colombia. We combine a detailed satellite-based longitudinal dataset on forest cover across municipalities over the period 1990 … peace negotiations with the government. Further, after the demobilization the deforestation effect of the paramilitaries … disappears. We explore a number of potential mechanisms that may explain the conflict-driven deforestation, and show evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945810
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Learning how (not) to fire a gun: combatant training and civilian victimization
Oppenheim, Ben; Vargas, Juan F.; Weintraub, Michael - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2011
What is the relationship between the type of training combatants receive upon recruitmentinto an armed group and their propensity to abuse civilians in civil war? Does military training or political training prevent or exacerbate the victimization of civilians by armed non-state actors? While...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386385
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Conflict and negotiation: a game theoretical approach
Zuleta, Hernando; Villaveces, Juanita - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2008
We study economic conflicts using a game theoretical approach. We model a conflict between twoagents where each one has two possible strategies: cease-fire or neglect the truce. Under thissetting, we use the concept of pre-donations, namely, a redefinition of the game where agentscommit to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005262975
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Violence and growth in colombia: a review of the quantitative literature
Riascos, Alvaro J.; Vargas, Juan F. - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2011
in Colombia: an interesting case study for social scientists studying violence, conflict, crime and development. We argue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225661
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Seguridad democrática, presencia de la policía y conflicto en Colombia
Cortés, Darwin; Franco, María del Rosario; Hincapié, … - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2011
Resumen: Este artículo evalúa uno de los componentes fundamentales de la política más icónica del gobierno de Álvaro Uribe: la Seguridad Democrática. En particular, se evalúa el impacto sobre la intensidad del conflicto armado de los despliegues y refuerzos de policía en municipios con...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369234
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Hitos del conflicto y riesgo país
Castaneda, Andres; Vargas, Juan Fernando - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2014
Colombia. Para este fin se utilizan las permutas de incumplimiento crediticio, más conocidas en el mundo de las finanzas por su …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010763125
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Don't make war, make elections: Franchise extension and violence in XIXth-century Colombia
Fergusson, Leopoldo; Vargas, Juan F. - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2013
of violent civil conflict in nineteenth-century Colombia. Empirically studying the relationship between democracy and … attempting to overcome the identification problem. In 1853, Colombia established universal male suffrage. Using a simple … violence in nineteenth-century Colombia was a technology for political elites to compete for the rents from power, and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010763230
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Sunlight disinfects? Free media in weak democracies
Fergusson, Leopoldo; Vargas, Juan F.; Vela, Mauricio A. - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2013
from one recent episode in the political history of Colombia, the `parapolitics' scandal featuring politicians colluding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010763234
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Hitos del conflicto y riesgo país
Castaneda, Andres; Vargas, Juan Fernando - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2014
Colombia. Para este fin se utilizan las permutas de incumplimiento crediticio, más conocidas en el mundo de las finanzas por su …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010765761
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Publicness of goods and violent conflict: Evidence from Colombia
Cortes, Darwin; Montolio, Daniel - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2013
AbstractHow the degree of publicness of goods affect violent conflict? Based on the theoretical model in Esteban and Ray (2001) we find that the effect of the degree of publicness depends on the group size. When the group is small (large), the degree of publicness increases (decreases) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010763235