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Coalition offensive operations in Iraq seek to disrupt insurgents and their networks, but may also act as a recruitment tool for the insurgency. We use data from Coalition press releases and casualty reports to assess the total impact of these operations. We find that two additional offensive...
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Whereas the impact of Brexit on Anglophone Africa was a major issue in the controversial British discussions on the pros and cons of Brexit, possible repercussions on French-speaking Africa have been rarely mentioned up to now. Yet, the range of possible Brexit effect is impressive, including...
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The aim of this paper is to analyse some macroeconomic channels operating in a war economy. At the theoretical level, the effects of such war on the key economic variables capital, technology, uncertainty, and the government's fiscal deficit are discussed before proceeding to the analysis of...
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This chapter introduces the author's selected papers on the economics of coercion and conflict. It defines coercion and conflict and relates them. In conflict, adversaries make costly investments in the means of coercion. The application of coercion does not remove choice but limits it to...
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Ukraine’s economic performance has been anemic since the early 1990s. A major impediment to productivity growth has … institutional weakness in Ukraine and quantify the long-term growth impact of catching-up to Poland in terms of the quality of major … most optimistic scenario, where institutional gaps are fully addressed, Ukraine would need 15 years to catch up to Poland …
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countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe including Turkey, together with Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and …
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The secession of Southern Sudan from the mother nation of Sudan was a direct result of political agreement known as the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). It was expected by the totalitarian government of Northern Sudan that it can contain the civil war between the Sudan Popular Liberation...
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