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Military Intervention via Drone Strikes
Mahmood, Rafat; Jetter, Michael - 2019
We study the 420 US drone strikes in Pakistan from 2006-2016, isolating causal effects on terrorism, anti-US sentiment, and radicalization via an instrumental variable strategy based on wind. Drone strikes are suggested to encourage terrorism in Pakistan, bearing responsibility for 16 percent of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006018
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Trade, peace and democracy: an analysis of dyadic dispute
Polachek, Solomon W.; Seiglie, Carlos - 2006
At least since 1750 when Baron de Montesquieu declared peace is the natural effect of trade, a number of economists and … political scientists espoused the notion that trade among nations leads to peace. Employing resources wisely to produce one … democratic peace that democracies rarely fight each other. The paper then goes on to examine further extensions of the trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267818
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Persecution, Pogroms and Genocide: A Conceptual Framework and New Evidence
Becker, Sascha O.; Mukand, Sharun; Yotzov, Ivan - 2022
Persecution, pogroms, and genocide have plagued humanity for centuries, costing millions of lives and haunting survivors. Economists and economic historians have recently made new contributions to the understanding of these phenomena. We provide a novel conceptual framework which highlights the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426334
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Building Reputation: Proxy Wars and Transnational Identities
Mercier, Marion; Silve, Arthur; Tremblay-Auger, Benjamin - 2023
In the context of a global security framework that mitigates interstate conflicts, nation-states establish a reputation for resolve by supporting foreign insurrections. Our theoretical predictions indicate that states with a greater number of co-ethnic groups abroad are more inclined to endorse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377243
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Foreshadowing Mars: Religiosity and Pre-enlightenment Warfare
Barber, Luke; Jetter, Michael; Krieger, Tim - 2023
Can religiosity sway a society's propensity for violence against outgroups? We first introduce two state-year-level religiosity measures for several pre-Enlightenment European states with the frequencies of (i) religious language in book publications and (ii) Christian names of newborns. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469621
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Ethnic Divisions and the Onset of Civil Wars in Syria
Abosedra, Salah; Fakih, Ali; Haimoun, Nathir - 2021
While most civil wars seem to have an economic basis, they are generally pushed by political, ethnic, and religious differences. This paper attempts to identify the drivers of the Syrian civil war of 2011 by investigating the role of ethnic divisions in starting a conflict. We integrate a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497924
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Trade, Peace and Democracy: An Analysis of Dyadic Dispute
Polachek, Solomon W.; Seiglie, Carlos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
At least since 1750 when Baron de Montesquieu declared "peace is the natural effect of trade," a number of economists … and political scientists espoused the notion that trade among nations leads to peace. Employing resources wisely to … "democratic peace" that democracies rarely fight each other. The paper then goes on to examine further extensions of the trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233897
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On the Escalation and De-Escalation of Conflict
Lacomba, Juan Antonio; Lagos, Francisco; Reuben, Ernesto; … - 2013
altogether, often after substantial initial conflict. To attain peace, players must first engage in costly signaling by making …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319553
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On the Escalation and De-Escalation of Conflict
Lacomba, Juan A.; Lagos, Francisco; Reuben, Ernesto; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
altogether, often after substantial initial conflict. To attain peace, players must first engage in costly signaling by making …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959704
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Executive compensation, firm performance, and corporate governance in China: evidence from firms listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges
Kato, Takao; Long, Cheryl - 2005
This paper provides evidence on how executive compensation relates to firm performance in listed firms in China. Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data on executive compensation and ownership structure, we find for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267302