A notable feature of post-World War II civil wars is their very long average duration. We provide a theory of the …

This paper develops a simple model that analyses the relationship between a country's oil endowment and the duration of … coup d'état and establish a new dictator. The relationship between oil endowment and the duration of the dictatorial regime … is modulated by the price of oil. Applying an empirical survival model on data for the duration of 106 dictatorships …

The aim of this paper is to explore the patterns of trade duration across regions and to identify its determinants … variables on the duration of trade relationships from 96 countries from 1995 to 2004. Our results suggest first that the … duration of trade relationships increases with the region level of development: trade relationships from richer economies face …

end in sight. In this short paper we assess empirically what determines the duration of trade negotiations, focusing on …

1960s. Recent World Bank staff research proposes a more radical departure, introducing the concept of EDA, ‘Effective …