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This contribution examines the role of capitalism in anti-American terrorism. Using data for 149 countries between 1970 …, consistent with economic norms theory, higher levels of market-capitalism are associated with less anti-American terrorism …
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which it delivers distinctive testable predictions on the sign and direction of convergence. We then use the World Value …
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globalization. We study two waves of representative population surveys conducted in Austria, one right before the Russian invasion … globalization and import dependency as a short-term reaction to economic turbulences and geopolitical upheaval at the onset of war … in Europe. We show that two months after the invasion, anti-globalization sentiment in general has not spread, but that …
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This paper identifies globalization as a factor behind the rapid increase in executive compensation and inequality over … executive compensation, indicating that globalization is influencing compensation through pay-for-non-performance. Furthermore … firms with poor corporate governance, as one would expect if globalization has enhanced rent-capture opportunities. Overall …
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I critically review recent studies that estimate those costs of violence and conflict that can emerge among organized political groupings, from states, religious and ethnic organizations to guerillas and paramilitaries. The review includes studies that estimate direct and indirect costs due to...
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We develop a theory of interstate conflict in which the degree of genealogical relatedness between populations has a positive effect on their conflict propensities because more closely related populations, on average, tend to interact more and develop more disputes over sets of common issues. We...
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-peaceful world. But how much would individual be willing to pay to avoid just the economic costs of conflict? Remarkably, even these … current level of consumption to live in a purely peaceful world. Such large potential welfare gains from reducing warfare …
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During the past two centuries, western nations have successively extended the voting franchise to citizens of lower income. We explain this process of democratization as a rational way for incumbent elites to wage war effectively on other nations, as in a strategic game of international conflict...
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Under extraterritorial sanctions the sanctioning country extends its policies to trade of third countries with the sanctioned country. A prominent example is former US President Trump's decision to leave the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a multilateral agreement with Iran. The...
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We study the effect of a corruption reflection index on internal conflict in Iran using a novel measure of corruption based on newspaper coverage. We use the Vector Autoregression (VAR) model and its applied tools of impulse response and variance decomposition analyses to track the response of...
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