of war; 2) given the war, what explains the reduction in economic growth in terms physical capital, labor force, human … capital, and productivity; and 3) what potential growth scenarios for Syria there could be in the aftermath of war. Estimates … of the impact of conflict point to negative gross domestic product (GDP) growth of -12 percent on average over 2011 …

While much of the literature studies causes and consequences of war, the reverberations of peace have rarely been … studied. By focusing on the universe of ceasefire agreements since 1993, we study the causal effect of peace on economic … information on ceasefires with granular data about violence and economic recovery, allowing us to observe their dynamics at highly …

-peaceful world. But how much would individual be willing to pay to avoid just the economic costs of conflict? Remarkably, even these …War, whether external or internal, large or small, is a costly endeavor. Loss of life, loss of close friends or family …, and the destruction of material possessions all play a part in the costs of war. The purpose of this paper is to capture …

Modern economics has largely ignored the issue of outright conflict as an alternative way of allocating goods, assuming … peaceful market transactions, conflict exists as an outside option, sometimes constraining the outcomes reached through … voluntary agreement. In this volume, economists offer a crucial rational-choice perspective on conflict, using methodological …

of war; 2) given the war, what explains the reduction in economic growth in terms physical capital, labor force, human … capital, and productivity; and 3) what potential growth scenarios for Syria there could be in the aftermath of war. Estimates … of the impact of conflict point to negative gross domestic product (GDP) growth of -12 percent on average over 2011 …