Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 4,279
Cover Image
Years of life lost to revolution and war in Iran
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2021
This study examines the causal joint effect of a new political regime and war against Iraq on life expectancy of Iranians for the period 1978–1988 during the revolution and war. I use a synthetic control approach to construct a synthetic Iran based on a weighted average of other Middle East...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510202
Cover Image
Guns and butter? : fighting violence with the promise of development
Khanna, Gaurav; Zimmermann, Laura V. - 2015
analyze the impact of one of the world's largest anti-poverty programs, India's NREGS, on the intensity of Maoist conflict. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289893
Cover Image
The opportunity cost of the Islamic revolution and war for Iran
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2019
We estimate the opportunity cost for Iran due to the Islamic revolution and eight years' war with Iraq (1978/79-1988). We apply the synthetic control method in order to compare Iran with a synthetic Iran and answer this counterfactual question. Our results show that, in total, an average Iranian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133448
Cover Image
Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts
Fonseca, Mariana Lopes da; Baskaran, Thushyanthan - 2015
data as measured by orbital satellites and conflict data spatially mapped to latitude and longitude coordinates. Using a … fighting declines significantly once a conflict begins; neighboring countries also experience large negative effects. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010532572
Cover Image
The macroeconomic consequences of terrorism
Blomberg, Stephen Brock; Hess, Gregory D.; Orphanides, … - 2004
dataset for terrorist events, and datasets of external and internal conflict. We explore these data with cross-sectional and … that associated with either external wars or internal conflict. As well, terrorism is associated with a redirection of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402576
Cover Image
Economic Costs of Mass Violent Conflicts: Final Report for the Small Arms Survey, Geneva, Switzerland
Bozzoli, Carlos; Brück, Tilman; Drautzburg, Thorsten; … - 2008
'the economic costs of mass violent conflict' by identifying strengths and weaknesses of the existing literature. The … conflict. These models differ by complexity, ranging from standard regression analysis to computable general equilibrium models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438798
Cover Image
The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism : a survey (Part I)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003956021
Cover Image
The economics of terrorism and counter-terrorism : a survey (Part II)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2010
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003956028
Cover Image
The Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism : A Survey (Part II)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2013
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014191051
Cover Image
The Economics of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism : A Survey (Part I)
Schneider, Friedrich; Brück, Tilman; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2013
This survey provides an in-depth analysis of existing research on the economic analysis of terrorism and counter-terrorist measures. First the existing evidence on the causes of terrorism is analyzed, then we consider the evidence of the consequences of terrorism and we demonstrate why it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014191053