-peaceful world. But how much would individual be willing to pay to avoid just the economic costs of conflict? Remarkably, even these …War, whether external or internal, large or small, is a costly endeavor. Loss of life, loss of close friends or family …, and the destruction of material possessions all play a part in the costs of war. The purpose of this paper is to capture …

We study the effect of a corruption reflection index on internal conflict in Iran using a novel measure of corruption …

distribution of culturally diverse groups affects the outcome. To understand why ethnic diversity affects conflict and economic …

Macroeconomic costs of conflict are generally very large, with GDP per capita about 28 percent lower ten years after … conflict onset. This is overwhelmingly driven by private consumption, which falls by 25 percent ten years after conflict onset …. Conflict is also associated with dramatic declines in official trade, with exports (imports) estimated to be 58 (34) percent …

In this chapter, we review the recent literature on conflict and appropriation. Allowing for the possibility of … conflict, which amounts to recognizing the possibility that property rights are not perfectly and costlessly enforced … technologies of conflict. A central objective of this research is to identify the effects of conflict on economic outcomes: the …

install Ronald Reagan as President, abandon the Cold War and embark on neoliberalism, and it argued that, for that shift to …, and that it required a strong military in order to boost its global muscle and open world markets for its products and …