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The logic of violence in the civil war: the economics perspective
Estrada, Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This article proposes a reading of the armed conflict from an evolutionary design that takes into account the concept of private protection agencies in the works of Schelling / Nozick / Gambetta. Their aim is to assess the dynamics of conflict and changes from its author's scientific output. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258671
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The relationship between multidimensional poverty and armed conflict: the case of Antioquia, Colombia
Loaiza, Osmar; Muñetón, Guberney; Vanegas, Gabriel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper analyzes the relationship between poverty and armed conflict in Antioquia, Colombia. The poverty analysis is framed within Sen’s capability approach, which forms the conceptual basis of the multidimensional poverty index (Alkire and Foster, 2011). The MPI is measured with data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011186606
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Evolución Estrategica del Conflicto Armado en Colombia
Estrada, Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This article proposes a reading of the armed conflict from an evolutionary design that takes into account the concept of private protection agencies in the works of Schelling / Nozick / Gambetta. Their aim is to assess the dynamics of conflict and changes from its author’s scientific output. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543485
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How Bad Governance Led to Conflict: The Case of Swat, Pakistan
Adnan, Rasool - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The paper presents an alternative narrative to the what led to conflict in the once peaceful Swat Valley in Pakistan. The widely discussed view has been that Talibanization is what led to the conflict but this paper argues that it was in fact bad governance over a period of time that led to this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386704
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La información y el rumor en zonas de conflicto
Fernando, Estrada - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Information sources, creation of informant networks and labors of local intelligence have become very important goals in political power calculations of the paramilitary and insurgents. Phenomena of information and rumor can disclose central aspects to understand the direction of events yet to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008623464
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The logic of the violence in the civil war: the armed conflict in Colombia
Estrada, Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper proposes a reading of the armed conflict from an evolutionary design that takes into account the Logic of Violence in the Civil War. Their aim is to assess the dynamics of conflict and changes from its author's scientific output. A context of conflicts that includes new expressions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008873551
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The Paradox of Misaligned Profiling: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Holt, Charles; Kydd, Andrew; Razzolini, Laura; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper implements an experimental test of a game-theoretic model of equilibrium profiling. Attackers choose a demographic “type” from which to recruit, and defenders choose which demographic types to search. Some types are more reliable than others in the sense of having a higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108439
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Terrorism & Its Impact On Foreign Flows: Lessons From Pakistan
Iqbal, Javed; Mehmood, Sultan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
High terrorist attack frequency and intensity in Pakistan provides a unique data to study the impact of terrorism on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108879
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Hidden power law patterns in the top European football leagues
Sergio, Da Silva; Raul, Matsushita; Eliza, Silveira - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
, and acts of terrorism. We show this fact for football (soccer) by adjusting power laws that show a close relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109120
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Industry Premiums and Systematic Risk under Terror: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan
Ahmad, Tanveer; Shahzad, Syed Jawad Hussain; Rehman, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This study aims to investigate the impact of terrorism on Pakistani industry excess returns and systematic risk. Value … wise impact on excess returns was introduced in the standard CAPM framework. Terrorism as a phenomenon, not an event in … suggests a mixed effect of terrorism on the systematic risk of some industries. Transportation, Tobacco and Automobiles …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109623