This paper attempts to provide a more complete reckoning of the costs of the Iraq War, using standard economic and … underestimate the War's true costs. We estimate a range of present and future costs, by including expenditures not in the $500bn CBO … the war on the overall performance of the economy. Even taking a conservative approach and assuming all US troops return …

fight and endure war, the government elites began to provide public goods, reduced rent extraction and adopted policies to …

shortly after the war seem to have dissipated by 2000. While these are important outcomes to economists, by focusing on them …

enmeshed in the world economy, or net oil importers, are most likely to experience adverse effects from war …We analyze financial market data in order to produce an ex-ante assessment of the economic consequences of war with …'s price provides a plausible estimate of the probability of war. The spot oil price has moved closely with the Saddam Security …

powers, the government was able to fund the war by borrowing and levying taxes. In major wars, however, there came a point …

We consider three questions related to the choice between war in Iraq and a continuation of the pre-war containment … war more or less costly for the United States than containment? Second, compared to war and forcible regime change, would … a continuation of the containment policy have saved Iraqi lives? Third, is war likely to bring about an improvement or …

The French Opposition to the war in Iraq in early 2003, prompted calls for a boycott of French wine in the US. We …