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The aftermath of civil war

Chen, Siyan; Loayza, Norman; Reynal-Querol, Marta - 2007

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Ethnic polarization and the duration of civil wars

García Montalvo, José; Reynal-Querol, Marta - 2007

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The causes of civil war

Djankov, Simeon; Reynal-Querol, Marta - 2007

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Discrete polarization and the measurement of potential ethnic conflict

Reynal-Querol, Marta; Montalvo, Jose G. - Econometric Society - 2004

Esteban and Ray (Econometrica 1994) describe a measure of polarization that is closely connected to potential conflict … or tension in a society, emphasizing the difference between polarization and inequality. In principle a very highly … referred to income/wealth polarization and, therefore, the measure was constructed using a Euclidean distance in R. Recent …

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Chapter 18. Cultural Diversity, Conflict, and Economic Development

Montalvo, Jose G.; Reynal-Querol, Marta - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 2, (pp. 485-506). 2014

Are cultural differences good or bad for economic development? Can cultural differences generate conflicts and, therefore, retard economic development? Or can cultural diversity spur creativity and improve economic welfare? These are the type of questions that this chapter addresses. There are...

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The aftermath of Civil War

Chen, Siyan; Loayza, Norman V.; Reynal-Querol, Marta - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2007

Using an “event-study” methodology, this paper analyzes the aftermath of civil war in a cross-section of countries. It focuses on those experiences where the end of conflict marks the beginning of a relatively lasting peace. The paper considers 41 countries involved in internal wars in the...

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Poverty and Civil War: Revisiting the evidence

Djankov, Simeon; Reynal-Querol, Marta - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

A popular "stylized fact" is that poverty is a main determinant of civil war: several scholars have interpreted the correlation between the two as evidence supporting this claim. In this paper, we find that the relationship between poverty and civil war is spurious, and is accounted for by...

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The Causes of Civil War

Reynal-Querol, Marta - 2007

The dominant hypothesis in the literature that studies conflict is that poverty is the main cause of civil wars. We instead analyze the effect of institutions on civil war, controlling for income per capita. In our set up, institutions are endogenous and colonial origins affect civil wars...

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Ethnic Polarization And The Duration of Civil Wars

Reynal-Querol, Marta - 2007

The authors analyze the relationship between ethnic polarization and the duration of civil wars. Several recent papers … level of measurement error or uncertainty, more polarization implies lengthier wars. The empirical results show that …

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The Aftermath of Civil War

Reynal-Querol, Marta - 2007

Using an "event-study" methodology, this paper analyzes the aftermath of civil war in a cross-section of countries. It focuses on those experiences where the end of conflict marks the beginning of a relatively lasting peace. The paper considers 41 countries involved in internal wars in the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521718