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Income and Livelihoods in the War in Afghanistan

Gavrilova, Evelina; Bove, Vincenzo - 2013

In this paper we explore the impact of the insurgency and military deployment on the livelihoods of the local communities in Afghanistan. We use monthly wages and commodity prices at the provincial level over the period 2003-2009 and look for their response to conflict events and ISAF...

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Trade and migration: a U-shaped transition in Eastern Europe

Cristobal, Adolfo - 2007

This paper proposes a 2-country 3-region economic geography model that can account for the most salient stylized facts experienced by Eastern European transition economies during the 1990s. In contrast to the existing literature, which has favored technological explanations, trade liberalization...

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Diseguaglianza, conflitto sociale e sindacati in America

Lettieri, Antonio - 2012

structurally distorted in the institutions and policies of American industrial relations. The fall of the ‘social contract’ is the …

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Effect of consuming imported cultural goods on tolerance for immigrants from trade partners: Case of Japanese anime in Korea.

Yamamura, Eiji; Shin, Inyong - 2014

Amount of consuming imported goods is thought to influence consumer’s view and attitude toward the country which export the goods. This paper examines effect of viewing Japanese animation on attitude towards Japan in Korea. Major findings are that the more frequently adult Korean view Japanese...

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Effect of consuming imported cultural goods on trading partners’ tolerance toward immigrants: The case of Japanese anime in Korea

Yamamura, Eiji; Shin, Inyong - 2015

there is political tension and conflict between countries. Because of this historical background, political conflict exists between Korea and Japan. This paper examines the effect of viewing Japanese anime (animation) on the attitudes of Koreans toward Japanese living in Korea. The major...

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The China Syndrome in US: Import Competition, Crime, and Government Transfer

Che, Yi; Xu, Xun - 2015

on crime at county level. Our results indicate that counties with high exposure to Chinese import competition are with … high crime rates while the exposure effect on property crime is much larger than that for violent crime: one standard ….5 more property crimes. Interestingly, we find that the crime impact of exposure to Chinese import competition disappears in …

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Money laundering and tax evasion : Do international measures have a significant impact in sub-Saharan Africa?

Kohnert, Dirk - 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for a third of the countries on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. In the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) Ranking and Risk Assessment Tool, the region performed poorly in terms of resilience to ML/TF, with more than 60% of...

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Les mesures internationales contre le blanchiment d’argent et l’évasion fiscale, ont-elles un impact significatif en Afrique subsaharienne ?

Kohnert, Dirk - 2024

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Public choice and the economic analysis of anarchy: a survey

Powell, Benjamin; Stringham, Edward - 2009

Public choice economists began studying the economics of anarchy in the 1970s. Since then, the amount of research on anarchy has burgeoned. This article surveys the important public choice contributions to the economics of anarchy. Following the lead of the early public choice economists, many...

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Immigration, integration and terrorism: is there a clash of cultures?

Fischer, Justina AV - 2010

more likely to accept using violence for achieving political goals, consistent with the economic model of crime. We also …

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