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duration—how long war lasts before the onset of peace. We provide an exposition of the nature of the data and of the …Using the Uppsala Conflict Data Program's Conflict Termination Dataset, 1946-2007, we investigate determinants of war … transformations statistical issues involved in quantifying the dynamics of conflict, in particular the onset of peace. Various …
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War is costly both because of the resources used up and because of the inefficiency introduced by the higher taxes … necessary to finance them. War has been justified by its ability to help an economy achieve full employment. Robert Barro argues … that war increases employment because folks work harder to smooth consumption and take advantage of the higher interest …
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War is costly both because of the resources used up and because of the inefficiency introduced by the higher taxes … necessary to finance them. War has been justified by its ability to help an economy achieve full employment. Robert Barro argues … that war increases employment because folks work harder to smooth consumption and take advantage of the higher interest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225989
duration—how long war lasts before the onset of peace. We provide an exposition of the nature of the data and of the …Using the Uppsala Conflict Data Program's Conflict Termination Dataset, 1946-2007, we investigate determinants of war … transformations statistical issues involved in quantifying the dynamics of conflict, in particular the onset of peace. Various …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395407
That military expenditure and conflict have adverse consequences for development is unsurprising but important. The policy challenge is to reduce them. I have suggested that substantial components of military expenditure could be reduced without jeopardizing security interests. Military...
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Can a country achieve its development goals or, at least, its economic growth goals when it faces forty years of war … last cease-fire), a civil war pitted the ruling MPLA party against the main rebel group, UNITA. Macroeconomic performance … conditions on Angola's development, under circumstances of war, and speculates on Angola's immediate future. The article argues …
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The article discusses some of the economic effects of war in northern Mozambique. It indicates how the historical and … structural features of the economy of northern Mozambique restricted post-war reconstruction and post-war poverty alleviation … communication infrastructure, and weak political and state institutions. The specific nature of the internal war further weakened …
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of modern war. The article challenges these assumptions, noting the military origins and nature of most military …
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Britain is not an independent nuclear power. Its nuclear warheads and delivery systems depend upon American supplied management and technology and have done so since the dawn of the nuclear age. For years these matters were classified and today both governments only supply partial information....
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This piece provides a Foreword to the new journal by the chair of Economics for Peace and Security. …
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