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the ruling government? This paper models an opposition group's choice between peace, terrorism, and open conflict … and their choice between peace, a terrorism campaign, and open conflict …When do opposition groups decide to mount a terrorism campaign and when do they enter an open civil conflict against …
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This paper examines how Nepal's 1996-2006 civil conflict affected women's decisions to engage in employment. Using … war on women's employment decisions. Results indicate that as a result of the Maoist-led insurgency, women's employment … probabilities were substantially higher in 2001 and 2006 relative to the outbreak of war in 1996. These employment results also hold …
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Strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have been the primary weapon used by the United States to combat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This paper examines the dynamics of violence involving drone strikes and the Taliban/Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan from...
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predicts volunteering for army service in the 1991-1995 Croatian war of independence and dying during the conflict. Next, we … having been given a first name that is synonymous with the leader(s) of the fascist Croatian state during World War II … the evolution of nationalism and its intergenerational transmission across locations affected by extreme war …
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Turf wars commonly occur in environments where competition undermines collaboration. We develop a game theoretic model and experimental test of turf wars. The model explores how team production incentives ex post affect team formation decisions ex ante. In the game, one agent decides whether to...
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private information about their preferences. Delaying the decision is costly, so a form of multiplayer war of attrition …
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This paper investigates the long-run effects of climate change on conflict by examining cooling from 1400-1900 CE, a … this time, cooling is associated with increased conflict. Then, turning to the dynamics of cooling, we allow the effects of … effect of cooling on conflict is significantly larger if the same location experienced cooling during the preceding period …
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fragmentation and conflict on international trafficking through internal and international displacements …
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, and across time, how individuals, households and communities are affected by violent conflict. The report provides an … data-bases used to operationalize the variables of interest and discuss the channels linking violent conflict to individual … variables that allow researchers to analyze the welfare effects of violent conflict across countries and across time. We develop …
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the economic causes and consequences of the conflict in Punjab, which has been classified as a civil war and also an …. Finally, I consider the macro and microeconomic effects of the conflict in Punjab that affected every walk of life and perhaps …
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