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. Consequently, higher substitutability is associated with greater polarization in wealth, and long-run distributions that are …
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hardly recover from the financial crisis which started in 2008, the European Union existing a clear tendency of polarization …
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Increasing political polarization implies that each election expands the gap between the supporters of the losing side … substantially across contexts. The polarization of parties explains most of this variance, suggesting that, in a polarized … democratic backsliding. ; Increasing political polarization implies that each election expands the gap between the supporters of …
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. ; Polarization can have economic effects if the hostility between political camps (i.e., affective polarization) shapes economic …
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This paper examines oil-dependence and civil conflict in Nigeria focusing on the economic dynamics of resource …-induced conflicts. It identifies two dimensions to oil-related civil conflict in the country. The first is the violent rent … concludes with a discussion of some measures that may be used to break the "conflict trap" and overcome the corrupting influence …
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In this paper, we estimate the costs of state failure, both for the failing state itself and for its neighbours. In our analysis, the cost of failure arises from two distinct sources: organized violence due to the incapacity of the state to ensure its own citizens’ security and low quality of...
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"Many natural resources can be effectively exploited mainly by using capital-intensive technologies. We develop a bargaining model with endogenous inside and outside options to analyze the interactions between local communities having at least some degree of informal claims over natural...
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dynamic setting, and illustrate it by modeling continuous conflict over renewable natural resources between two rival groups …) lead to conflict, and predict more conflict in the future. However, instances of conflict over resources in LDCs, absent … resource scarcity, also exist. Thus, it appears that the role of renewable resources in conflict may be greater than simply a …
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, commitment, satisfaction, self-esteem and reduced conflict. …
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likelihood on internal conflict within the Niger delta – and some othercountries?The hypotheses are as follows:- Nigeria has not … explorationand production and the persistent conflict situation in Nigeria which is owing tothe contentious nature of oil.This study … indicator, conflict patterns andthe resultant lack of economic development in Nigeria. It also offers the opportunity toassess …
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