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We test the hypotheses that fundamental characteristics in regional proximity, landlockedness, religious-domination, legal origin, and income levels affect cross-country differences in the persistence in political terror and political instability in 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The...
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This paper provides an empirical analysis of how the frequency and severity of terrorism affectgovernment revenue and … expenditure during the period 1970-2013 using a panel dataset on153 countries. We find that terrorism has only a marginal negative … alternative specifications and empirical strategies. On the other hand, we find strongevidence that terrorism is associated with …
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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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Most forced migrants around the world are displaced within the Global South. We study whether and how de jure policies … on forced displacement affect where forced migrants flee in the developing world. Recent evidence from the Global North … suggests migrants gravitate toward liberal policy environments. However, existing analyses expect de jure policies to have …
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In the past decade, nearly 20 studies have found a strong, persistent pattern in surveys and behavioral experiments from over 40 countries: individual exposure to war violence tends to increase social cooperation at the local level, including community participation and prosocial behavior. Thus...
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In the past decade, nearly 20 studies have found a strong, persistent pattern in surveys and behavioral experiments from over 40 countries: individual exposure to war violence tends to increase social cooperation at the local level, including community participation and prosocial behavior. Thus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987970
This study checks the effect of foreign aid on terrorism and FDI, conditioned on domestic levels of corruption … established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is apparent only in higher levels of CC; foreign aid dampens the negative … effect of terrorism on FDI only in higher levels of CC; when foreign aid is subdivided into its bilateral and multilateral …
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Using a dynamic panel data framework, we investigate the relationship between the two major forms of terrorism and … focuses on 78 developing countries for 1984-2008. Our findings suggest that all types of terrorism depress FDI. In addition …, aid mitigates the negative effects of total and domestic terrorism on FDI; however, this is not the case for transnational …
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This paper examines the effect of foreign aid in the terrorism-FDI nexus while considering the extent of domestic … established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is apparent only in countries with higher levels of CC; foreign aid dampens … the negative effect of terrorism on FDI only in countries with high levels of CC. The result is mixed when foreign aid is …
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terrorism on economic growth, using a panel of 78 developing nations with data for the period 1984-2008. The empirical evidence … is based on interactive Quantile regressions. Domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics are employed … investigated hypothesis, we consistently confirm that: (i) In quantiles where terrorism is found to increase (decrease) economic …
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