Der Irakkrieg wurde militärisch wesentlich schneller entschieden als von vielen befürchtet. Die gesamtwirtschaftlichen Kosten des Krieges sind dennoch bedeutend. So ist die jährliche Belastung des US-Haushalts durch die Militärausgaben für den Irakkrieg - gemessen am Bruttoinlandsprodukt -...

Many episodes of extension of franchise in the 19th and especially in the 20th century occurred during or in the aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of international conflicts on domestic political institutions....

This paper analyzes the distributive impacts of violent conflicts, which is in contrast to previous literature that has focused on the other direction. We use cross-country panel data for the time period 1960-2005 to estimate war-related changes in income inequality. Our results indicate rising...