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This study investigates persistence (or hysteresis) in weapons using a panel of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The following are some main findings. (i) Compared to countries that are landlocked, persistence in heavy weapons is more apparent in nations that are open to the sea. (ii)...
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We investigate persistence and determinants of deaths from conflicts in a sample of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. First, the findings are contingent on income levels, religiousdomination, landlockedness, regional...
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We investigate how foreign aid dampens the effects of terrorism on FDI using interactive quantile regressions. The … used, while terrorism dynamics entail: domestic, unclear, transnational and total number of terrorist attacks. The … transnational terrorism in bilateral aid regressions, the impacts of terrorism dynamics are unexpectedly positive, in: (i) bottoms …
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This study checks the effect of foreign aid on terrorism and FDI, conditioned on domestic levels of corruption … established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is apparent only in higher levels of CC; foreign aid dampens the negative … effect of terrorism on FDI only in higher levels of CC; when foreign aid is subdivided into its bilateral and multilateral …
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This paper models the feasibility of common policy initiatives against global terrorism, as well as timelines for their … enforcement. The empirical evidence is based on 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. Employed terrorism dynamics are … domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism. Absolute (or unconditional) and conditional catch-ups are modelled using …
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This study assesses the role of foreign aid in reducing the hypothetically negative impact of terrorism on trade using … terrorism entails: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics. The following findings have been established … total terrorism, domestic terrorism and transnational terrorism increase trade with increasing order of magnitude. Third …
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Building on previous literature, we assess when foreign aid is effective in fighting terrorism using quantile … used whereas terrorism includes: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics. We consistently establish … that foreign aid (bilateral, multilateral and total) is effective at fighting terrorism exclusively in countries where …
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We assess the effects of terrorism on capital flight in a panel of 29 African countries for which data is available for … the period 1987-2008. The terrorism dynamics entail domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorisms. The empirical …, with the magnitude relative higher from unclear terrorism. Second, for QR: (i) the effect of transnational terrorism is now …
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In spite of the growing consensus of the need to utilise military expenditure to help combat terrorism, our … understanding of the threshold at which military expenditure reduces the effect of terrorism stemming from capital flight remains … terrorism, 5.734 to 7.363 for unclear terrorism and 4.710 to 6.617 for total terrorism. No thresholds are apparent in …
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We assess the effects of terrorism on capital flight in a panel of 29 African countries for which data is available for … the period 1987-2008. The terrorism dynamics entail domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorisms. The empirical … capital flight. Second, for QR, with the exception of transnational terrorism for which a positive effect on capital flight is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596358