variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do … different types of conflict affect country growth rates? It finds that wars slow the economy. Estimates indicate that civil war …-democracies, low income countries, and countries in Africa. -- Economic growth ; war ; conflict …

Measuring the economic impact of a war is a daunting task. Common indicators like casualties, infrastructure damages …

risk sharing. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive empirical evaluation of the patterns of risk sharing among … different groups of countries and examine how international financial integration has affected the evolution of risk sharing … patterns. Using a variety of empirical techniques, we conclude that there is at best a modest degree of international risk …

from over 40 countries: individual exposure to war violence tends to increase social cooperation at the local level …, including community participation and prosocial behavior. Thus while war has many negative legacies for individuals and … reanalyze the emerging body of evidence, and weigh alternative explanations. There is some indication that war violence …

probability of war in an incomplete information game. This result is strongly consistent with existing empirical analyses of the …. -- War ; conflict ; trade ; trade-conflict relationship ; interdependence ; incomplete information game ; signaling …