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The aim of this short article is to provide elements for a general discussion on peace economics and its potential contribution to economics and economic policy. I first present a discussion on deterrence equilibria and consequent allocation of resources. Eventually I expound five economic...
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“Being rich in energy resources – a blessing or a curse” finds that an energy resource curse plagues many EU supplier states. This in turn directly affects Europe’s energy supply security and threatens to engulf Europe in unwanted hostilities at home and abroad. The study addresses seven...
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This note is about the possibility of a stalemate in a continuing conflict. Following the prevailing economic literature on the topic, under some assumptions, the outcome of a conflict can be described in two ways: (i) a predetermined split of a contested output; (ii) a winner-take-all contest...
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World War II. Canada's primary naval responsibility during the war was to escort convoys between the United Kingdom and …
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The American experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq have motivated a re-examination of earlier experiences with post …-conflict planning and reconstruction. This paper reviews the US experience in Korea following the Second World War and the Korean War … these ideas by comparing the South Korean experience to the contemporary case of Afghanistan. Some conclusions and policy …
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communities in Afghanistan. We use monthly wages and commodity prices at the provincial level over the period 2003-2009 and look …
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World War I the more democratic countries spent more for military purposes than autocracies whereas the reverse is true …
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, in spite of the fact that some are not robust. The war remains damaging to the peace and this in a robust manner. It is …
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dynamic games in incomplete information. Main result shows that countries behavior depends especially on war costs and on … country military power. There are many applications of these types of models, like in Israel - Palestinian war, recent Russian …
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activities increased in 0.98% the homicide rate and in 1.24% the displacement rate and the war among drug dealers increased in 4 …
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