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This paper analyses the fiscal effects of armed conflict and terrorism on low- and middle-income countries. An analysis … estimates are consistent with the hypothesis that conflict and terrorism have a significant negative impact on growth through … conflict and terrorism. …
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and terrorism has become a focus of the public discourse. CCTV might be the most rapidly spreading and, at the same time … expect a relatively smaller deterrent effect of CCTV on terrorism than on other forms of crime. On the one hand, terrorists … Bekämpfung von Kriminalität und Terrorismus zunehmend ins Blickfeld der Öffentlichkeit gerückt. Kameraüberwachung ist wohl das …
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Camera surveillance has recently gained prominence in policy proposals on combating terrorism. We evaluate this … evidence on crime, we expect camera surveillance to have a relatively smaller deterrent effect on terrorism than on other forms …
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evidence on crime, weexpect camera surveillance to have a relatively smaller deterrent effect on terrorism than onother forms …
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The Spanish 2nd Republic (1931-1936) witnessed one of the fastest and deepest processes of popular mobilization in interwar Europe, generating a decisive reactionary wave that brought the country to the Civil War (1936-1939). We show in the paper that both contemporary comment and part of the...
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The paper analyses a model where the fight for the appropriation of rents from natural resources between two groups leads to multiple equilibria. The possibility to be trapped into the low-income equilibrium, characterized by strong social conflict (civil war) and stagnation of income, increases...
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This paper identifies the factors linked to cross-country differentials in growth performance in the aftermath of social conflict for 30 sub-Saharan African countries using panel data techniques. Our results show that changes in the terms of trade are the most important correlate of economic...
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waves of terrorism threaten the legitimacy and territorial integrity of some member states, with more obvious and painful … evidence in Nigeria and Mali. Against this background, this article will explore the terrorist challenges in Nigeria and Mali …
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Multilateral and diplomatic resolutions to intrastate conflicts are the preferred method of termination. However, mediated settlements tend toward failure and conflict recurrence. A significant factor in this failure is that government and groups are heterogeneous. While the demands, goals,...
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This paper mainly addresses the economic dimensions, concentrating on the importance of international trade to state-building and the need for global public goods in a global market economy. The focus here is on the smaller countries emerging from civil war (particularly in Africa) rather than...
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