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Chapter 35 A Survey of Peace Economics
Anderton, Charles H.; Carter, John R. - In: Handbook of defense economics : volume 2, Defense in a …, (pp. 1211-1258). 2007
Peace economics can be defined as the use of economics to understand the causes and effects of violent conflict in the … peace economics, highlighting seminal as well as current contributions. Particularly noteworthy among the newer developments … relatively large cross-country panels. The topics surveyed include: the relation of peace economics to both defense economics and …
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War and relatedness
Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain - 2009
We develop a theory of interstate conflict in which the degree of genealogical relatedness between populations has a positive effect on their conflict propensities because more closely related populations, on average, tend to interact more and develop more disputes over sets of common issues. We...
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Terrorism, Bargaining, and Credible Commitments
Young, Joseph K.; Findley, Michael - 2014
What explains the variation in terrorism within and across political regimes? We contend that terrorism is most likely to occur in contexts in which governments cannot credibly restrain themselves from abusing their power in the future. We consider a specific institutional arrangement, whether a...
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Geographic Profiling of Lone Wolf Terrorists : The Application of Economics, Game Theory and Prospect Theory
Phillips, Peter J. - 2014
This paper presents an economic analysis of the choices made by lone wolf terrorists. Using RAND-MIPT data about the fatalities that are inflicted by different attack methods, the paper develops an analysis on a foundation of orthodox utility theory and Markowitz-Tobin approximations. This...
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Chapter 25 Terrorism: A Game-Theoretic Approach
Sandler, Todd; Arce, Daniel G. - In: Handbook of defense economics : volume 2, Defense in a …, (pp. 775-813). 2007
wings of a terrorist group. Game-theoretic notions also inform about interdependent security choices where the safety …
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Chapter 23 Civil War
Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - In: Handbook of defense economics : volume 2, Defense in a …, (pp. 711-739). 2007
Civil wars are intricate social, political and psychological phenomena. However, economics can offer analytical insights which are useful alongside the more conventional approach of case-studies. Indeed, the policy conclusions drawn from economic analysis sometimes cast doubt on conventional...
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Chapter 22 Economics of Conflict: An Overview
Garfinkel, Michelle R.; Skaperdas, Stergios - In: Handbook of defense economics : volume 2, Defense in a …, (pp. 649-709). 2007
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, represents a significant departure from the traditional paradigm...
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Rent Seeking Contest and Indirect Risk Preference
Teng, Jimmy - 2013
Rent seeking contest shapes the risk preference of the contestants. It instills in the weaker contestant who has little to lose and much to gain a preference for risk taking, and the weaker the contestant, the stronger the instilled preference for risk taking. On the other hand, it causes the...
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Wars of conquest and independence
Hodler, Roland; Yektaş, Hadi - 2013
Wars of conquest and wars of independence are characterized by an asymmetric payoff structure: one party gets aggregate production if it wins, and its own production if it loses, while the other party gets only its own production if it wins, and nothing if it loses. We study a model of war with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009754525
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War and relatedness
Spolaore, Enrico; Wacziarg, Romain - 2009
We develop a theory of interstate conflict in which the degree of genealogical relatedness between populations has a positive effect on their conflict propensities because more closely related populations, on average, tend to interact more and develop more disputes over sets of common issues. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003854499