This paper empirically investigates the relationship between corruption, political instability and economic growth. We … of the Arab Spring, as an exogenous shock, to measure the short-term effects of political shocks on corruption levels …

frequently overturned and redefined by revolution. A fundamental question for economists is what makes revolutions more likely to …

Property rights, whose security is often threatened by civil conflict, are a necessary condition for the establishment …

A fundamental question about the determinants of civil conflict is the relative importance of political freedoms versus …

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 …

The destructive role of institutional quality such as corruption has been considered an important factor for economic …. This research examines the institutional role in controlling corruption within the preview of CO2 emissions-economic growth … nexus for the European Union. The study evaluates the moderating impact of corruption on the relationship between CO2 …

, with their effectiveness in curbing hostilities being greater in areas where conflict is active closer in time to the …