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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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Winter is coming : the long-run effects of climate change on conflict, 1400-1900

Iyigun, Murat; Nunn, Nathan; Qian, Nancy - 2017

This paper investigates the long-run effects of climate change on conflict by examining cooling from 1400-1900 CE, a period that includes most of the Little Ice Age. We construct a geo-referenced and digitized database of conflicts in Europe, North Africa, and the Near East from 1400-1900, which...

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The true cost of war

Artuc, Erhan; Gomez-Parra, Nicolas; Onder, Harun - 2023

Measuring the economic impact of a war is a daunting task. Common indicators like casualties, infrastructure damages …

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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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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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The struggle for Palestinian hearts and minds : violence and public opinion in the second intifada

Jaeger, David A.; Klor, Esteban F.; Miaari, Sami H.; … - 2008

This paper examines how violence in the Second Intifada influences Palestinian public opinion. Using micro data from a series of opinion polls linked to data on fatalities, we find that Israeli violence against Palestinians leads them to support more radical factions and more radical attitudes...

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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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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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Does war foster cooperation or parochialism? : evidence from a natural experiment among Turkish conscripts

Kıbrıs, Arzu; Cesur, Resul - 2023

mediating pathways for the average male randomly picked from the population. Contrary to the arguments that war fosters … foster cooperative behaviors but promotes parochialism. Further analyses show war-driven grievances, the normalization of …

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Terrorism and the media : the effect of US television coverage on Al-Qaeda attacks

Jetter, Michael - 2017

Can media coverage of a terrorist organization encourage their execution of further attacks? This paper analyzes the day-to-day news coverage of Al-Qaeda on US television since 9/11 and the group's terrorist strikes. To isolate causality, I use disaster deaths worldwide as an exogenous variation...

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