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Borderline disorder: (de facto) historical ethnic borders and contemporary conflict in Africa
Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Özak, Ömer - 2020
We explore the effect of historical ethnic borders on contemporary conflict in Africa. We document that both the … intensive and extensive margins of contemporary conflict are higher close to historical ethnic borders. Exploiting variations … find that regions crossed by historical ethnic borders have 27 percentage points higher probability of conflict and 7 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294782
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Peace, terrorism, or civil conflict? : understanding the decision of an opposition group
Jetter, Michael - 2016
When do opposition groups decide to mount a terrorism campaign and when do they enter an open civil conflict against … the ruling government? This paper models an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and open conflict …. Terrorism emerges if executive constraints are intermediate and rents are sizeable. Open conflict is predicted to emerge under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493846
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Guns and butter? : fighting violence with the promise of development
Khanna, Gaurav; Zimmermann, Laura V. - 2015
analyze the impact of one of the world's largest anti-poverty programs, India's NREGS, on the intensity of Maoist conflict. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289893
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(De facto) historical ethnic borders and land tenure in Sub-Saharan Africa
Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Özak, Ömer - 2023
We study the role of proximity to historical ethnic borders in determining individual land ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near historical ethnic borders. In particular, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014249737
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The long-run effects of agricultural productivity on conflict, 1400-1900
Iyigun, Murat; Nunn, Nathan; Qian, Nancy - 2017
This paper provides evidence of the long-run effects of a permanent increase in agricultural productivity on conflict … permanently reduced conflict for roughly two centuries. The results are driven by a reduction in civil conflicts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772118
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Money can't buy love but can it buy peace? : evidence from the EU programme for peace and reconciliation
Brück, Tilman; Ferguson, Neil T. N. - 2014
In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement concluded a period of violence in Northern Ireland yet the scars of the conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403908
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How civilian attitudes respond to the state's violence: lessons from the Israel-Gaza conflict
Loewenthal, Amit; Miaari, Sami H.; Abrahams, Alexei - 2021
States, in their conflicts with militant groups embedded in civilian populations, often resort to policies of collective punishment to erode civilian support for the militants. We attempt to evaluate the efficacy of such policies in the context of the Gaza Strip, where Israel's blockade and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012648941
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International terrorism, political instability and the escalation effect
Campos, Nauro; Gassebner, Martin - 2009
What are the main causes of international terrorism? The lessons from the surge of academic research that followed 9/11 remain elusive. The careful investigation of the relative roles of economic and political conditions did little to change the fact that existing econometric estimates diverge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824948
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The (hidden) financial flows of terrorist organizations : a literature review and some preliminary empirical results
Schneider, Friedrich - 2010
In this paper the financial means of international (mostly Islamistic) terror organizations are analysed. First, some short remarks about the organization of international terror organizations are made. Second and in a much more detailed way a literature review is provided about the financing of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003949487
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Happiness and financial satisfaction in Israel : effects of religiosity, ethnicity, and war
Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Romanov, Dimiṭri; … - 2010
We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for Israeli citizens of Jewish and Arab descent. Our data set is the Israeli Social Survey (2006). We are especially interested in the impact of the religions Judaism, Islam and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009007346