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The Struggle for Palestinian Hearts and Minds: Violence and Public Opinion in the Second Intifada

Jaeger, David A.; Klor, Esteban; Miaari, Sami; … - Households in Conflict Network - 2008

This paper examines how violence in the Second Intifada influences Palestinian public opinion. Using public opinion poll micro data linked to data on fatalities, we find that although Israeli violence discourages Palestinians from supporting moderate political positions, this...

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Naxalite Insurgency and the Economic Benefits of a Unique Robust Security Response

Singhal, Saurabh; Nilakantan, Rahul - Households in Conflict Network - 2012

unique robust security response to an insurgency. Of all the states affected by Naxalite violence in India, only one state i …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598206

An Economic Analysis of Security Policies

Brück, Tilman - Households in Conflict Network - 2004

This paper analyses public policy choices in the security economy from an economic perspective. It discusses the role … of public goods for national and global security and identifies the importance of the first- and second-order indirect … effects of insecurity on economic activity, which include the behavioural responses of agents and the government to security …

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Ethnic Conflict and Job Separations

Miaari, Sami H.; Zussman, Asaf; Zussman, Noam - Households in Conflict Network - 2010

We study the effect of the second Intifada, a violent conflict between Israel and its Palestinian neighbors which erupted in September 2000, and the ensuing riots of Arab citizens of Israel, on labor market outcomes of Arabs relative to those of Jewish Israelis. The analysis relies on a large...

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Measuring Conflict Exposure in Micro-Level Surveys

Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Verwimp, Philip; … - Households in Conflict Network - 2013

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Abandoning Coffee under the Threat of Violence and the Presence of Illicit Crops. Evidence from Colombia

Londoño, Ana María Ibañez; Mora, Juan Carlos Muñoz; … - Households in Conflict Network - 2013

This paper explores the importance of the risk of violence on the decision making of rural households, using a unique panel data set for Colombian coffee-growers. We identify two channels. First, we examine the direct impact of conflict on agricultural production through the change in the...

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Buying Peace: The Mirage of Demobilizing Rebels

Olivia D’Aoust; Sterck, Olivier; Verwimp, Philip - Households in Conflict Network - 2013

peace, ex-rebels benefited from a disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) program to finance their return to … local communities in the short run, but are most likely not sufficient for peace to hold. More generally, it emphasizes the …

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Poverty and Violent Conflict: A Micro-Level Perspective on the Causes and Duration of Warfare

Justino, Patricia - Households in Conflict Network - 2008

This paper argues that endogenous mechanisms linking processes of violent conflict and household poverty provide valuable micro foundations to the ongoing debate on the causes and duration of armed conflicts. Household poverty affects the onset, sustainability and duration of violent conflict...

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Reputation, Group Structure and Social Tensions

Rohner, Dominic - Households in Conflict Network - 2008

Social tensions impede social cohesion and public goods provision. They can also be a driving force for more serious conflicts such as civil wars. Surprisingly, however, the emergence of social tensions has only rarely been studied in the literature. In the present contribution a game-theoretic...

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The formality in property rights: determinant in the military strategy of armed actors

Guijo, Andrea P. Velásquez - Households in Conflict Network - 2008

The causes of internal conflicts are not easy to identify, and in order to understand its dynamics it is important to determine the factors that influence its persistence. The appropriation of economic resources has been identified as a cause of the conflict; however, asset appropriation may not...

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