Does culture matter in decision-making? Existing literature largely assumes that the cognitive processes that inform decision-making are universally applicable, while only very few studies indicate that cultural norms and values shape cognitive processes. Using survey based quasi-experimental...

Purpose: Quantifying the burden of war (BOW) beyond battle deaths is often impossible in ongoing conflicts. Consequently, indirect consequences of war can be overlooked in public BOW discussions. This paper aims to introduce a simulation model to estimate indirect child mortality attributable...

This paper explores Lebanon's development potential associated with greater fiscal capacity building to promote more equality of economic opportunities and productive economic activity and examines their impact on the country's likelihood of sporadic or lasting armed conflict. It is found that...

Using a novel panel dataset of Egyptian governorates for the period 1992-2007, we investigate the effects of aggregate and sectoral foreign direct investment (FDI) on Egypt's economic growth. We distinguish between FDI in the manufacturing, agriculture and service sector. The similarity of...