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The political economy of opposition groups : peace, terrorism, or civil conflict?
Jetter, Michael; Li, Bei - 2017
This paper proposes a simple framework to better understand an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011754212
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International trade and stable resolutions of resource disputes
Garfinkel, Michelle Robin; Syropoulos, Constantinos - 2022
in the shadow of arming and the threat of war. In this setting, we characterize the conditions under which peace arises …. Even when the gains from trade are relatively small, peace might be sustainable, but only for more uneven endowment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013419332
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Oil and civil conflict : on and off (shore)
Andersen, Jørgen Juel; Nordvik, Frode Martin; Tesei, Andrea - 2017
We reconsider the relationship between oil and conflict, focusing on the location of oil resources. In a panel of 132 countries over the period 1962-2009, we show that oil windfalls increase the probability of conflict in onshore-rich countries, while they decrease this probability in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603125
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Mining for peace
Hodler, Roland; Schaudt, Paul; Vesperoni, Alberto - 2023
The energy transition increases the demand for minerals from ethnically diverse, conflict-prone developing countries. We study whether and where mining is possible in such countries without raising the risk of civil conflict. We proceed in three steps: First, we propose a theoretical model to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013486121
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Self-enforcing peace agreements that preserve the status quo
Garfinkel, Michelle Robin; Syropoulos, Constantinos - 2021
over an insecure portion of their combined output, we study the choice between a peace agreement that maintains the status … quo without arming (or unarmed peace) and open conflict (or war) that is possibly destructive. With a focus on outcomes … effects, the degree of output security and the initial distribution of resources, peace can, but need not necessarily, emerge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421149
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Democracy and international conflict
Vesperoni, Alberto; Wärneryd, Karl - 2016
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452800
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This mine is mine! : how minerals fuel conflicts in Africa
Berman, Nicolas; Couttenier, Mathieu; Rohner, Dominic; … - 2015 - First version: July 2014, This version: June 16, 2015
spatial resolution of 0.5o x 0.5o for all Africa over 1997-2010. Exploiting exogenous variations in world prices, we find a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283825
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Insuring peace : index-based livestock insurance, droughts, and conflict
Gehring, Kai; Schaudt, Paul - 2023
We provide novel evidence of how an innovative market-based solution using remote-sensing technology can mitigate conflict. Droughts are a major driver of conflict in Africa, particularly between nomadic pastoralists and sedentary farmers, and climate change is predicted to intensify this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014279886
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The geography of natural resources, ethnic inequality and development
Lessmann, Christian; Steinkraus, Arne - 2017
We study whether the spatial distribution of natural resources across different ethnic groups within countries impede spatial inequality, national economic performance, and the incidence of armed conflict. By providing a theoretical rent-seeking model and analysing a set of geocoded data for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588047
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National borders, conflict and peace
Spolaore, Enrico - 2009
This paper reviews the economics approach to conflict and national borders. The paper (a) provides a summary of ideas and concepts from the economics literature on the size of nations; (b) illustrates them within a simple analytical framework where populations fight over borders and resources,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003910523