Showing 1 - 10 of 69
from the Rose [2004] dataset, the ITERATE dataset for terrorist events, and datasets of external and internal conflict. We … of terrorism, as well as internal and external conflict is equivalent to as much as a 30 percent tariff on trade. This is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449640
This article investigates whether China's foreign aid is particularly prone to political capture by political leaders of aid-receiving countries. Specifically, we examine whether more Chinese aid is allocated to the political leaders' birth regions and regions populated by the ethnic group to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295794
Chinese aid comes with few strings attached, allowing recipient country leaders to use it for domestic political purposes. The vulnerability of Chinese aid to political capture has prompted speculation that it may be economically ineffective, or even harmful. We test these claims by estimating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012033099
We combine original geo-referenced data on mining extraction of 15 minerals with information on conflict events at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283825
We analyze how trade openness matters for interstate conflict over productive resources. Our analysis features a terms …, greater trade openness brings with it a reduction in resources diverted to conflict and thus wasted, as well as the familiar … with a third (friendly) country, a move from autarky to trade intensifies conflict between the two adversaries, inducing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011966909
conflict nor any type of citizen protest, on average. Both even reduce outright conflict by governments against civilians …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012104086
This paper investigates the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on trade flows in the case of the European countries. First, an ARDL dynamic panel model is estimated using the PMG method to analyse monthly data covering the most recent period (2019M1-2021M12); then, the GMM and PCSE approaches are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285828
This paper analyses the relationship between international trade and financial development in six EU members from Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC-6) using dynamic panel data approaches, specifically the system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) and pooled mean group (PMG) estimators. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291894
This paper examines how the Covid-19 pandemic affected European trade patterns. Specifically, dynamic panel data models are estimated to assess the effects on exports and imports of various sectors and products (selected on the basis of their trading volume or strategic importance) of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013457807
The consequences of successful public health interventions for social violence and conflict are largely unknown. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013167946