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Macroeconomic consequences of war and terrorism in Lebanon

Bassil, Charbel - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 19 (2013) 3, pp. 415-429

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Three is a crowd : using reciprocity to explain involvement in ongoing disputes

Rudkevich, Gennady - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 27 (2021) 3, pp. 341-368

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The effect of prenatal stress on birth weight : evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada

Mansour, Hani; Rees, Daniel I. - 2011

No previous study has attempted to estimate the effect of intrauterine exposure to armed conflict, a potential source of stress, on pregnancy outcomes. Drawing on data from the 2004 Palestinian Demographic and Health Survey, we examine the relationship between fatalities caused by Israeli...

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Armed conflict and birth weight : evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada

Mansour, Hani; Rees, Daniel I. - In: Journal of development economics 99 (2012) 1, pp. 190-199

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The effects of terrorism and war on the oil price-stock index relationship

Kollias, Chrēstos; Kyrtsou, Catherine; Papadamou, Stephanos - In: Energy economics 40 (2013), pp. 743-752

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Are drone strikes effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? : on the dynamics of violence between the United States and the Taliban

Jaeger, David A.; Siddique, Zahra - 2011

Strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have been the primary weapon used by the United States to combat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This paper examines the dynamics of violence involving drone strikes and the Taliban/Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan from...

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How opportunity costs decrease the probability of war in an incomplete information game

Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor); Xiang, Jun (contributor) - 2008

probability of war in an incomplete information game. This result is strongly consistent with existing empirical analyses of the …. -- War ; conflict ; trade ; trade-conflict relationship ; interdependence ; incomplete information game ; signaling …

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The shape of things to come? : Assessing the effectiveness of suicide attacks and targeted killings

Jaeger, David A. (contributor); … - 2007

In this paper we assess the effectiveness of suicide attacks and targeted killings in the Second Intifada. We find evidence that the targeted killings of Palestinian leaders by Israel reduce realized Palestinian violence. We find, however, that intended Palestinian violence is increasing at low...

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Does conflict disrupt growth? : evidence of the relationship between political instability and national economic performance

Polachek, Solomon W.; Sevastianova, Daria - 2010

variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do … different types of conflict affect country growth rates? It finds that wars slow the economy. Estimates indicate that civil war …-democracies, low income countries, and countries in Africa. -- Economic growth ; war ; conflict …

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Lessons from the Ottoman Harem (on ethnicity, religion and war)

Iyigun, Murat (contributor) - 2008

examine the roles of ethnicity and religion in conflict and war. Based on one theory, the Ottoman conquests were driven by the … Gaza ideology according to which the empire's central motivation was provided by a spirit of Holy War in the name of Islam …

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