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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 across artificial regions within an ethnicity's...
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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. We construct a newly digitized and geo-referenced dataset of battles in Europe, the Near East and North Africa covering the period between 1400 and 1900 CE. For variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772118
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The extractive industry's impact on economic growth in SADC countries
Nhabinde, Simeão; Heshmati, Almas - 2020
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries are rich in natural resources and in most of them their extractive industries extract and export natural resources with little industrial processing. This study analyzes the direct and indirect impacts that the extractive industries in...
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Too much of a good thing : accelerated growth and crime
Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Souza, Danilo Paula de - 2023
We document that oil-producing areas of Brazil experienced increases in crime during the period of increased economic … growth driven by the 2000s oil boom. This challenges the understanding that the impact of income shocks on crime is driven … primarily by the legal status of the market in question. Offshore oil production, refining, and distribution in Brazil are …
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Peace, terrorism, or civil conflict? : understanding the decision of an opposition group
Jetter, Michael - 2016
are available from natural resources, oil, or foreign development assistance. A one-standard-deviation increase in rents …
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Institutions, culture, and wetland values
Mayula Chaikumbung; Doucouliagos, Chris; Scarborough, Helen - 2018
assess three dimensions of institutional quality: economic freedom, democracy, and good governance. We also consider the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011914982
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Climate change and political participation : evidence from India
Amirapu, Amrit; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Rud, Juan Pablo - 2022
We study the effects of extreme temperature shocks on political participation using data from Indian elections between 2009 and 2017. Taking advantage of localized, high-frequency data on land surface temperatures, we find that areas with greater cumulative exposure to extreme temperatures...
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Institutions and development in MENA region : evidence from the manufacturing sector
Araissi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali - 2015
This paper examines the role of institutions (including civil law origin), financial deepening and degree of regime authority on growth rates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using panel data through a fixed effect model. The results reveal that English civil law origin and the...
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Key players in economic development
Amarasinghe, Ashani; Hodler, Roland; Raschky, Paul A.; … - 2020
This paper analyzes the role of networks in the spatial diffusion of local economic shocks in Africa. We show that road and ethnic connectivity are particularly important factors for diffusing economic spillovers over longer distances. We then determine the key players, i.e., which districts are...
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