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This chapter considers macroeconomic aspects of violence. It moves beyond the usual focus on war to argue the economic … importance of all forms and aspects of armed and unarmed violence. Violence refers to acts of self-harm, interpersonal violence …, and collective violence. Self-harm includes suicide; interpersonal violence includes organized criminal violence as well …
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I apply the Beveridge-Nelson business cycle decomposition method to the time series of murder in the United States (1900-2004). Separating out permanent from cyclical murder, I hypothesize that the cyclical part coincides with documented waves of organized crime, internal tensions, breakdowns in...
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conflict; on the linkages between agriculture, food security, and conflict; on the role of technology for peace; and on the … analysis of large-scale violent conflict with other forms of violence, instability, fragility, and humanitarian crises. …
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conflict; on the linkages between agriculture, food security, and conflict; on the role of technology for peace; and on the … analysis of large-scale violent conflict with other forms of violence, instability, fragility, and humanitarian crises. …
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This study examines how terrorist attacks affect stock returns, the differences in the reaction of stock returns among different sectors and the differences in the reaction among different stock markets. The study focuses on the terrorist attacks that took place in New York City (NYC) on 11...
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In this research, we examine the sector-specific distributive effect of war in the United States economy. We argue that war generates sector-specific distributive effects via demand-side and supply-side mechanisms. We also claim that war's distributive effects materialize over time. Our...
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Tench Coxe, a member of the second rank of this nation's Founders and a leading proponent of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, wrote prolifically about the right to keep and bear arms. In this Article, the authors trace Coxe's story, from his early writings in support of the Constitution,...
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I apply the Beveridge-Nelson business cycle decomposition method to the time series of per capita murder in the State of Arizona (1933-2005). Separating out “permanent” from “cyclical” murder, I hypothesize that the cyclical part coincides with documented waves of organized crime,...
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I apply the Beveridge-Nelson business cycle decomposition method to the time series of per capita murder in the State of California. (1933-2005). Separating out “permanent” from “cyclical” murder, I hypothesize that the cyclical part coincides with documented waves of organized crime,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835878
I apply the Beveridge-Nelson business cycle decomposition method to the time series of murder in the United States (1900-2004). Separating out “permanent” from “cyclical” murder, I hypothesize that the cyclical part coincides with documented waves of organized crime, internal tensions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005063007