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This paper develops a model of the war against illegal drugs in both producer and consumer countries. The paper studies the trade-off faced by the government of the drug consumer country between prevention policies (aimed at reducing the demand for drugs) and enforcement policies (aimed at...
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Strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have been the primary weapon used by the United States to combat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This paper examines the dynamics of violence involving drone strikes and the Taliban/Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan from...
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We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor … involved in the conflict by transferring financial resources to its origin country. We find that the diaspora influences the … conflict equilibrium, the two groups of residents prefer to negotiate a peaceful settlement if there exists a sharing rule that …
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reciprocity and guilt appear to be the major drivers for generous voluntary payments. Being inclined to follow social norms is a …
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reciprocity and guilt appear to be the major drivers for generous voluntary payments. Being inclined to follow social norms is a … industry ; reciprocity ; guilt ; social norms ; altruism ; fairness ; social-image concerns ; survey …
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Challenges one of the dominant assumptions of the current cultural paradigm, namely that conflict is inevitable between … people and groups with differing goals, values and priorities. Given that conflict is seen as inevitable, the field of … conflict resolution has arisen to resolve conflict through a variety of techniques and behavioural tools. Two main schools of …
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The dispute that resulted in the secession of eleven Southern states from the Union and the ensuing Civil War proximately concerned the geographical expansion of slavery, but ultimately bore on the existence of the institution of slavery itself. This paper asks why in 1861 after seventy years of...
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racial conflict can be linked to the level of public expenditure. Crime rates, however, are closely related to the incidence …
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We investigate, using the 2002 US Health and Retirement Study, the factors influencing individuals' insecurity and expectations about terrorism, and study the effects these last have on households' portfolio choices and spending patterns. We find that females, the religiously devout, those...
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