The estimation of the costs of conflict is currently receiving a lot of attention in the literature. This paper aims to give a thorough overview of the existing literature, first by addressing the history of case studies that address conflict costs and second by looking at the existing body of...

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...

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...