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Iraq: emergence of a new nation from the ashes
Hafedh, Mehdi; Akoum, Ibrahim; Zbib, Imad J.; Ahmed, … - In: International Journal of Emerging Markets 2 (2007) 1, pp. 7-21
Purpose – To shed light on the political economy aspect of post‐conflict reconstruction in Iraq and illustrate how bad …
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Institutional benchmarking of foreign aid effectiveness in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 42 (2015) 6, pp. 543-565
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to integrate two main strands of the aid-development nexus in assessing whether institutional thresholds matter in the effectiveness of foreign-aid on institutional development in 53 African countries over the period 1996-2010. Design/methodology/approach...
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Development thresholds of foreign aid effectiveness in Africa
Simplice, Asongu - In: International Journal of Social Economics 41 (2014) 11, pp. 1131-1155
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether initial levels in GDP growth, GDP per capita growth and inequality adjusted human development matter in the impact of aid on development. In substance its object is to assess if threshold development conditions are necessary for the...
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Women, Peace and Security in the SADC Region: Progress, Prospects and Challenges
Kurebwa, Jeffrey - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 5 (2018) 3, pp. 48-63
attaining sustainable and durable peace. Conflict and post-conflict situations have a different impact on women, men, boys and … to household relations and poverty. There have been concerted efforts to identify and address the impact of conflict on …
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An Exploratory Study of Conflict over Paying Debian Developers
Gerlach, James H.; Wu, Chorng-Guang; Cunningham, Lawrence F - In: International Journal of Open Source Software and … 7 (2016) 3, pp. 20-38
This article reports on an exploratory study of the causes and effects of conflict within the open source software … project, Debian. Conflict arose when the project leader decided to introduce payment for select volunteers within an all … understanding disputes. The results of the survey of Debian developers show that the conditions for conflict were complex and were …
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Overcoming Conflict Between Religious and Cultural Freedom and Women's Rights in Africa: Its Ethical Implications
Essien, Essien D. - In: International Journal of Public and Private … 1 (2017) 2, pp. 41-54
landscape characterized with this disagreement. With an insight provided into understanding this conflict, a criterion on what …
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Determining Values Using Options Contracts
Seiglie, Carlos; Xiang, Jun - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 8 (2016) 1
Abstract This paper presents a simple mechanism for allocating a single good in partnership dissolution. Since in the areas of probate, family, partnership and bankruptcy law the establishment of the value of assets is essential this mechanism can be useful. We illustrate its application for the...
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War or Peace
Cai, Hongbin - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 2 (2003) 1, pp. 1-26
This paper studies a simple two-stage model of conflict in which two players allocate resources between arms and …
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Classical, Modern, and New Game Theory / Klassische, Moderne und Neue Spieltheorie
Holler, Manfred J. - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 222 (2002) 5, pp. 556-583
Summary This paper is a brief history of game theory with its main theme being the nature of the decision makers assumed in the various stages of its historical development. It demonstrates that changes in the “image of man” nourished the developments of what many believe to be progress in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014608902
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Remittances and Conflict: Some Conceptual Considerations
Lindley, Anna - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 229 (2009) 6, pp. 774-786
the fact that migration and remitting are often entangled in processes of violent conflict and political upheaval is often … in conflict-affected settings. The implications of the violent causation of migration, the on-going conditions in the … conflict situations may differ from those in more peaceful settings.  …
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