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Is the "Surge" Working? Some New Facts
Greenstone, Michael - 2007
There is a paucity of facts about the effects of the recent military "Surge" on conditions in Iraq and whether it is … paving the way for a stable Iraq. Selective, anecdotal and incomplete analyses abound. Policy makers and defense planners … Iraq's future. The new and unusually rigorous findings presented here should help inform current evaluations of the Surge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465190
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Can Hearts and Minds Be Bought? The Economics of Counterinsurgency in Iraq
Berman, Eli - 2008
from Iraq on violence against Coalition and Iraqi forces, reconstruction spending, and community characteristics (sectarian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464041
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The Empiricists' Insurgency
Berman, Eli - 2015
understanding active engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan. This empiricists' insurgency reinforces a classic literature on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457606
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The Need for Enemies
Fergusson, Leopoldo; Robinson, James A.; Vargas, Juan F.; … - 2012
We develop a political economy model where some politicians have a comparative advantage in undertaking a task and this gives them an electoral advantage. This creates an incentive to underperform in the task in order to maintain their advantage. We interpret the model in the context of fighting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460349
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Labor Market Integration Before the Civil War
Margo, Robert A. - 1998
This paper uses newly collected archival evidence to examine various aspects of the geographic performance of American labor markets before the Civil War. Much of the paper addresses the evolution of regional differences in real wages, of interest to economic historians because they speak to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472167
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The Effect of OEF/OIF Deployment Intensity on the Rate of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Active Duty Population
Shen, Yu-Chu - 2009
System. Comparing to those in other duties around the world, deployment to Iraq/Afghanistan increases the odds of developing … on the service, compared to a tour under 120 days. For Army and Navy, a deployment to Iraq/Afghanistan further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463446
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The Effects of War Risk on U.S. Financial Markets
Rigobon, Roberto - 2003
war with Iraq …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469089
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War and Inflation in the United States from the Revolution to the First Iraq War
Rockoff, Hugh - 2015
The institutional arrangements governing the creation of money in the United States have changed dramatically since the Revolution. Yet beneath the surface the story of wartime money creation has remained much the same. During wars against minor powers, the government was able to fund the war by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457446
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The Impact of Violence during the Mexican Revolution on Migration to the United States
Escamilla-Guerrero, David; Kosack, Edward; Ward, Zachary - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The number of individuals forcibly displaced by conflicts has been rising in the past few decades. However, we know little about the dynamics--magnitude, timing, and persistence--of conflict-induced migration in the short run. We use novel high-frequency data to estimate the dynamic migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337765
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Mispricing Narratives after Social Unrest
Ba, Bocar A.; Ndiaye, Abdoulaye; Rivera, Roman; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We study how negative sentiment around an industry impacts beliefs and behaviors, focusing on demands for racial justice after the murder of George Floyd and the salience of the "defund the police" movement. We assess stakeholder beliefs on the impact of protests on the stock prices of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635693