In this paper we analyse the impact of civil conflict on domestic violence in Colombia and find that higher conflict intensity increases the likelihood of women to become a victim of domestic violence. The idea behind this is that the experience of conflict changes behaviour, attitude and...

This study empirically investigates the impact of group characteristics and host country conditions on the duration and the ending of terrorist organizations and rebel groups. The empirical analysis relies on data for more than 600 armed groups from the Terrorist Organization Profiles, collected...

Kriegerische und kriegsähnliche gewaltsame Auseinandersetzungen haben eine Vielzahl von Folgen, von denen die physischen Verheerungen lediglich einen Teilbereich darstellen. Unter anderem rücken die Auswirkungen auf Verhalten und Psyche mehr und mehr in den Fokus wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher...

Zugang zu sicherem Trinkwasser sowie zu Abwassersystemen wurde von den Vereinten Nationen 2010 als grundlegendes Menschenrecht anerkannt. Die Weltgesundheitsorganisation beschreibt die Schaffung solcher Zugänge als Baustein einer effektiven Gesundheitspolitik. In etlichen Entwicklungsländern...

This study empirically investigates the impact of group characteristics and host country conditions on the duration and the ending of terrorist organizations and rebel groups. The empirical analysis relies on data for more than 600 armed groups from the Terrorist Organization Profiles, collected...

In this paper we analyse the impact of civil conflict on domestic violence in Colombia and find that higher conflict intensity increases the likelihood of women to become a victim of domestic violence. The idea behind this is that the experience of conflict changes behaviour, attitude and...

This study empirically investigates the impact of group characteristics and host country conditions on the duration and the ending of terrorist organizations and rebel groups. The empirical analysis relies on data for more than 600 armed groups from the Terrorist Organization Profiles, collected...

This paper investigates the effect of low-intensity armed conflict on firm-level investment in a Sub-Saharan African country. We match firm level panel data from Ethiopian manufacturing with battle events at the town level. Using a more precise spatial identification of conflict exposure, we...