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Violent conflict and inequality
Bircan, Cagatay; Brück, Tilman; Vothknecht, Marc - 2010
focused on the other direction. We use cross-country panel data for the time period 1960-2005 to estimate war-related changes … in income inequality. Our results indicate rising levels of inequality during war and especially in the early period of … post-war reconstruction. However, we find that this rise in income inequality is not permanent. While inequality peaks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271373
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Conflict experiences and household expectations on recovery: Survey evidence from northern Uganda
Bozzoli, Carlos; Brück, Tilman; Muhumuza, Tony - 2010
We analyse the role of mass violent conflict in influencing individual expectations. We hypothesise that individuals are likely to report negative expectations if they were exposed to conflict events in the past. We combine individual and household level data from the Northern Uganda Livelihood...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285753
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How many bucks in a bang: on the estimation of the economic costs of conflict
de Groot, Olaf J.; Brück, Tilman; Bozzoli, Carlos - 2009
give a thorough overview of the existing literature, first by addressing the history of case studies that address conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291777
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Terrorism and trade
Nitsch, Volker; Schumacher, Dieter - 2003
This paper examines the effect of terrorism and warfare on international trade. We investigate bilateral trade flows between more than 200 countries over the period from 1960 to 1993. Applying an augmented gravity model that includes several measures of terrorism and largescale violence, we find...
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