Similar Search Results

Violence and cooperation in geopolitical conflicts : evidence from the second intifada

Asali, Muhammad; Abu-Qarn, Aamer S.; Beenstock, Michael - 2023

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014486177

Political salience and regime resilience

Schweighofer-Kodritsch, Sebastian; Huck, Steffen; … - 2023

We introduce political salience into a canonical model of attacks against political regimes, as scaling agents' expressive payoffs from taking sides. Equilibrium balances heterogeneous expressive concerns with material bandwagoning incentives, and we show that comparative statics in salience...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014445156

Conflicts between state and civil society related to infrastructure projects

Hochstetler, Kathryn Ann - 2016

Environmental impact assessment is currently the major Brazilian institution that routinely seeks community input about infrastructure projects. It is criticized both by activists who think it permits projects it should not and by project proponents who think that it is too slow and blocks...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059506

Pastoral conflicts and (dis)trust : evidence from Nigeria using an instrumental variable approach

Tuki, Daniel - 2023

Although the incidence of conflicts between Fulani nomadic pastoralists and sedentary farmers in Nigeria have risen significantly during the last decade, no study has, to the best of my knowledge, examined how these conflicts influence distrust of members of the Fulani ethnic group and the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013502434

Agriculture productivity growth in Brazilian micro-regions

Carvalho, Alexandre Ywata de; Laureto, Camilo Rey; … - 2016

assess the sector's productivity gain over time. However, the regional analysis of agricultural productivity still is not … investigated. This work focuses on mapping the gain of agricultural productivity in Brazil in the years 1990-2012 by micro …-region. After an overview of the behavior of productivity in the major regions, will be studied the ten major crops relative to the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012057490

Technological clusters in Brazilian agriculture : production and challenges

Vieira Filho, José Eustáquio Ribeiro - 2017

This study aims to analyze the evolution of Brazilian agricultural production from the 1960s to now. We will summarize some of the main findings from the historical view of Brazilian agriculture development. The arguments should rest here on how technical change and the national system of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060354

Agricultural productivity shocks and poverty in India : the short- and long-term effects of monsoon rainfall

Brey, Björn; Hertweck, Matthias S. - 2019

This paper examines the dynamic effects of monsoon rainfall shocks on yield, wages, and prices in the Indian agricultural sector. We distinguish between positive and negative rainfall shocks and explicitly consider their spatial dimension (local/regional). We find that particularly negative...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012014073

From friends to foes : national identity and collaboration in diverse teams

Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2019

This project studies collaboration in highly skilled, nationally diverse teams. An unexpected international political conflict makes national diversity more salient among existing and potential team members. I exploit this natural experiment to quantify the role of social, identity-driven, costs...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012139577

A model united nations experiment on climate negotiations

Hofmann, Elisa; Kyriacou, Lucas; Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2021

Weitzman (2014) proposed that focusing international climate negotiations on a uniform carbon price is more effective than Paris style negotiations in achieving ambitious climate action. We put this hypothesis to an experimental test by simulating international negotiations on climate change in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500178

Das Design von Klimaschutzverhandlungen

Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2021

In seiner Thünen-Vorlesung vor dem Verein für Socialpolitik im Herbst 2020 hat Klaus Schmidt das Design von Klimaschutzverhandlungen untersucht. Er geht dabei von einem Vorschlag Martin Weitzmans aus, künftige Verhandlungen auf einen einheitlichen CO2-Mindestpreis zu fokussieren. Wäre ein...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500284

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last