To address security concerns, governments often implement trade barriers and restrictions on the movement of goods and people. These restrictions have negative economic consequences, possibly increasing the supply of political violence. To test this hypothesis, we exploit the restrictions...

To address security concerns, governments often implement trade barriers and restrictions on the movement of goods and people. These restrictions have negative economic consequences, possibly increasing the supply of political violence. To test this hypothesis, we exploit the restrictions...

This paper investigates the impact of agricultural trade liberalization on economic activity and political violence in emerging countries. We use data on all Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) signed between 25 low- and middle-income countries and their high-income trade partners between 1995...

Durch die Anschläge vom 11. September sind in den USA fast 3 000 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Die ganze Welt wurde durch diese grauenhaften Ereignisse erschüttert. Viele Bereiche des öffentlichen Lebens und der Wirtschaft sind vom neuen globalen Terrorismus betroffen. In diesem Bericht werden...