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Cost-reducing R&D in the presence of an appropriation alternative: an application to the natural resource curse

Puzon, Klarizze - 2013

option to engage in conflict. Using a game theoretical framework, it is argued that an increase in the amount of natural … resources (in the informal sector where conflict for a common-pool rent materializes) reduces the incentives of entrepreneurial … increase in the amount of resources in the common pool induces intensified conflict among groups and less R&D investment …

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Israel's Global Capitalism

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2004

The flaring up of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the early 2000s caught most experts by surprise. The 1990s … what we see on television and read in the newspapers. According to the media, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, like all …, and therefore its history – including its conflict with the Palestinians – needs to be situated within the broader …

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New Economy or Transnational Ownership? The Global Political Economy of Israel

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2002

An analysis of the political economy of Israel during the 1990s.

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Global Accumulation and the New Middle East Wars

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2002

The unravelling of the Middle-East peace process continues to baffle the pundits. The early optimism of the Oslo peace accord has now turned into despair. Prime minister Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist. The Palestinians have embarked on a new Intifada. And Israel has re-occupied...

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The End of Neoliberalism?

Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2003

This article was commissioned by the French newspaper Le Monde. The newspaper was one of several sponsors of an International Conference on Global Regulation, held at the University of Sussex on May 29-31, 2003, where we presented a plenary paper. As part of its sponsorship, Le Monde agreed to...

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New Imperialism or New Capitalism?

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2004

Over the past century, the institution of 'capital' and the process of its 'accumulation' have been fundamentally transformed. By contrast, the theories that explain this institution and process have remained largely unchanged. The purpose of this mimeograph is to address this mismatch. Using a...

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The Scientist and the Church

Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2005

The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...

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