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Peace economics : a macroeconomic primer for violence-afflicted states
Brauer, Jurgen; Dunne, Paul - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009712198
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The Interrelationship between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Conflict Behavior : A Survey
Chowdhury, Subhasish M.; Karmakar, Senjuti - 2022
We survey the literature in economics and related fields on the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and conflict behavior. We cover the effects of the pandemic on micro-level conflict (among individuals), macro-level conflict (interstate, intrastate, and extra-state), and the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014082515
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A Survey of the Global Economic Costs of Conflict
Bozzoli, Carlos - 2012
This paper defines the global economic costs of conflict and suggests two key criteria, namely comprehensiveness and consistency, which are necessary for a valid calculation of such costs. A critical review of the literature reveals that most studies focus on national income losses, using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013102546
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Covid-19 fatalities and internal conflict : does government economic support matter?
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Fereidouni, Hassan Gholipour - 2021
In this study, we look at the association between COVID-19 fatality rate and internal conflict, highlighting the importance of government economic support under the pandemic as a moderating factor. Our main hypothesis implies that increased COVID-19 fatality rates are likely to be positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012643553
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Climate change, armed conflicts and resilience
D'Angeli, Mariagrazia; Marin, Giovanni; Paglialunga, Elena - 2022
In recent years, there has been rapid development of the literature linking climate change and armed conflicts. Although no conclusionary evidence has been found of a direct link between climate change and armed conflicts, still climate change has been addressed as an important trigger,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814563
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COVID-19 Fatalities and Internal Conflict : Does Government Economic Support Matter?
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Gholipour, Hassan F. - 2021
In this study, we look at the association between COVID-19 fatality rate and internal conflict, highlighting the importance of government economic support under the pandemic as a moderating factor. Our main hypothesis implies that increased COVID-19 fatality rates are likely to be positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013323876
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The political economy of regional peacemaking
Lobell, Steven E. (ed.); Ripsman, Norrin M. (ed.) - 2016
Regional Peacemaking : Israel and Jordan, 1985-2001 / Steven E. Lobell -- Economic Statecraft and Transitions to Peace : France …, Germany, and Poland / Galia Press-Barnathan -- Making Peace with Nonstate Armed Actors : The Role of Economic Incentives … / William Norris -- The Institutional Design of Regional Preferential Trade Agreements and the Maintenance of Peace / Edward D …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410838
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The Role of UN Peace Operations in Countering Health Insecurity after COVID-19
Gilder, Alexander - 2022
, and that UN peace operations can play a role in countries of deployment to counter health crises. Insecurity is … experienced in a variety of different ways in a complex world where threats are multifaceted. COVID-19 is merely the latest health … crisis which has impacted populations around the globe in both developed and developing countries. However, UN peace …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013309266
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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
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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