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Foreshadowing Mars: Religiosity and pre-Enlightenment conflict in Europe
Barber, Luke; Jetter, Michael; Krieger, Tim - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015056704
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Extractive Institutions, Choking Taxes, and War: On the (Beneficial) Impact of Inequality in Autocracies
Schwuchow, Soeren - 2018
the military for redistribution and (ii) are most powerful for extreme un-/equal distributions. Consequently, ordinary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011892035
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All-pay war
Hodler, Roland; Yektas, Hadi - 2010
We study a model of war in which the outcome of the war is uncertain from the perspective of the involved countries not because of luck on the battlefield (as in standard models) but because of their lack of information about their opponents. In our model there are two countries characterized by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270185
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Communication and Conflict Management
Eisenkopf, Gerald - 2016
The paper studies an experimental conflict in a repeated game and tests the robustness of communication as an … intermediate conflict resolution instrument. The results show a strong and persistent impact of communication. Most conflict … parties refrain from conflict expenditures even after the opportunity for communication has expired. Third party involvement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527761
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The Roots of Islamist Armed Struggle, 1968-2007
Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - 2014
tools of conflict prevention. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010396991
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Immigration, integration and terrorism: is there a clash of cultures?
Fischer, Justina - 2011
We test whether immigrants are more prone to support terror than natives because of lower opportunity costs, using the international World Values Survey data. We show that, in general, economically, politically and socially non-integrated persons are more likely to accept using violence for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305939
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Voracity and Growth Reconsidered
Strulik, Holger - 2009
This article investigates economic performance when enforceable property rights are missing and subsistence needs matter. It shows that if per capita income is sufficiently high, a windfall gain in productivity triggers behavior that leads to higher growth (the normal reaction). The same shock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301471
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Land Inequality and Conflict Intensity
De Luca, Giacomo; Sekeris, Petros - 2009
This paper investigates the impact of land inequality on conflict intensity. A fundamental distinction with the … only influences the intensity of the fight against a rebel group constituted by landless individuals. We show that conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301468
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The Effects of Conflict on the Structure of the Economy
Depetris Chauvin, Nicolas; Rohner, Dominic - 2009
The presence of conflict affects people's economic incentives. Some sectors of activity flourish, while others suffer …. For understanding structural problems in developing countries and designing appropriate post-conflict reconstruction … policies, it is essential to understand in what ways conflict affects the structure of the economy. We develop a simple model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301488
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Bullet Proof? Program Evaluation in Conflict Areas: Evidence from Rural Colombia
Wald, Nina; Bozzoli, Carlos - 2011
in CCT (treated) in conflict affected regions benefit more (or less) than their counterparts in peaceful areas. To test … this, we combine longitudinal CCT data from Colombia with a conflict event dataset. This allows us to use standard … different groups and indicators of violence. We find that the CCT program had an extra benefit in conflict areas concerning …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305624