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The effect of the Troubles on GDP in Northern Ireland

Dorsett, Richard - In: European Journal of Political Economy 29 (2013) C, pp. 119-133

This paper explores the effect of conflict on GDP in Northern Ireland. A synthetic control region constructed as a … weighted average of other UK regions provides an estimate of counterfactual ‘no-conflict’ GDP. Comparing this with actual per … capita GDP suggests a negative impact of up to 10%. Excluding the increased grants provided in response to the conflict, a 15 …

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New wine in old wineskins? Growth, terrorism and the resource curse in sub-Saharan Africa

Blomberg, S. Brock; Broussard, Nzinga H.; Hess, Gregory D. - In: European Journal of Political Economy 27 (2011) S1, pp. 50-50

Since 1995, growth in sub-Saharan Africa has averaged more than 5% per year reversing a two-decade decline of real income per capita. In this paper, we explore the extent to which the nascent growth is sustainable or not due to higher incidences of terrorism and commodity price declines. Our...

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Rent seeking and regime stability in rentier states

Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Naghavi, Alireza - In: European Journal of Political Economy 27 (2011) 4, pp. 740-748

Are natural resources a source of conflict or stability? Empirical studies demonstrate that rents from natural … source of conflict and the rentier state view which emphasizes the role of resource rents in promoting peace and stability … struggle. We demonstrate that the associated increased cost of conflict may in fact promote regime stability. The peaceful …

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The Arctic scramble: Introducing claims in a contest model

Ansink, Erik - In: European Journal of Political Economy 27 (2011) 4, pp. 693-707

In this paper I integrate elements from the bankruptcy literature in a resource contest model. In a contest model, agents fight over a contested resource and their investment in 'guns' determines how much of the resource is secured by each agent. In a bankruptcy problem, agents claim a share of...

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Inefficient predation and political transitions

Dorsch, Michael T.; Maarek, Paul - In: European Journal of Political Economy 37 (2015) C, pp. 37-48

This paper presents a theory of endogenous economic institutions in non-democracies, where political accountability is enforced through the threat of revolution. We consider a dynamic game between an elite ruling class and a disenfranchised working class, in which workers have imperfect...

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The socio-economic determinants of terrorism and political violence in Western Europe (1994–2007)

Caruso, Raul; Schneider, Friedrich - In: European Journal of Political Economy 27 (2011) S1, pp. 37-37

The main objective of this paper is to empirically investigate the socio-economic causes of terrorism and political violence in a sample of 12 countries in Western Europe. First, we show that in western European countries the classical economic argument of opportunity cost is confirmed. That is,...

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Religion and returns in Europe

Salaber, Julie - In: European Journal of Political Economy 32 (2013) C, pp. 149-160

Drawing on social identity and social impact theory, this paper is the first to investigate the impact of religious preferences on share prices and expected returns at the country level. Using data from 12 European countries, our findings suggest that religion has a significant effect on the...

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Patronage and ideology in electoral behavior: Evidence from Egypt's first presidential elections

Al-Ississ, Mohamad; Atallah, Samer - In: European Journal of Political Economy 37 (2015) C, pp. 241-248

This paper investigates the impact of patronage and ideology on voter behavior and election outcomes. Egypt's first free presidential elections represent a good case study to answer the question whether private gain outweighs ideology in voter behavior on a broader level. First, we combine...

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Rich communication, social motivations, and coordinated resistance against divide-and-conquer: A laboratory investigation

Cason, Timothy N.; Mui, Vai-Lam - In: European Journal of Political Economy 37 (2015) C, pp. 146-159

This paper presents a laboratory experiment to investigate how social motivations and free-form communication (Rich Communication) can facilitate coordinated resistance against divide-and-conquer transgressions. In our experiment, a leader first decides whether to extract surplus from a victim...

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Globalization and terrorism

Zimmermann, Ekkart - In: European Journal of Political Economy 27 (2011) S1, pp. 152-152

This paper has multiple objectives. I set out linkages of a causal model to portray how globalization influences international terrorist strategies. I also point to methodological and theoretical shortcomings in the literature with respect to the levels of disaggregation at which issues are...

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