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Political instability and political terror : global evidence on persistence
Asongu, Simplice; Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2020
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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Poor institutions, rich mines : resource curse and the origins of the Sicilian mafia
Buonanno, Paolo; Durante, Ruben; Prarolo, Giovanni; … - 2012 - This version: August, 2012
natural resource abundance and weak institutions. We advance the hypothesis that the mafia emerged after the collapse of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011734156
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Can war foster cooperation?
Bauer, Michal; Blattman, Christopher J.; Chytilová, Julie - 2016
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/10011493852
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Can War Foster Cooperation?
Bauer, Michal - 2016
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
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Investing in peace : how development aid can prevent or promote conflict
Muscat, Robert J. - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001652799
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The elusive peace dividend of development policy : from war traps to macro complementarities
Rohner, Dominic; Thoenig, Mathias - In: Annual review of economics 13 (2021), pp. 111-131
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COVID-19 and conflict : major risks and policy responses
Rohner, Dominic - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 26 (2020) 3, pp. 1-6
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012405880
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Your war, my problem : how conflict in a neighbour country hurts domestic development
Carmignani, Fabrizio; Kler, Parvinder - In: Economic modelling 70 (2018), pp. 484-495
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Investing in Peace : How Development Aid Can Prevent or Promote Conflict
Muscat, Robert J - 2002
-- Part I: Conflicts, Causes, and Economic Development -- 1. Introduction: Conflict and the International Development Agencies … -- The Many Forms of Internal Conflict -- International Terrorism -- The Scope for Early Prevention -- Mandates and …: Conflict Prevention as the Political-Economic Core -- Thailand: Learning and Foresight -- Bhutan: Accommodation -- Mozambique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012687964
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Disease environment and civil conflicts
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe; Valmori, Simona - 2011
country is closely related to geo-climatological conditions and exogenous to civil conflict. The findings document that a … unfavorable environment in terms of disease richness is an important determinant of the incidence of civil conflict. The results … in the literature. -- disease environment ; civil conflict ; multi-host vector-transmitted pathogens ; civil war …
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