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The role of the state in promoting development is well established in the institutional economics literature. Yet, in recent decades the attention has been turned to the opposite side of the spectrum. Facing high levels of poverty and showing a slower progress in achieving development outcomes,...
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contemporary economic growth. The negative effect of ethnic inequality is caused by increasing conflict and decreasing public goods …
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This study provides a systematic assessment of the costs of the ongoing armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine … household damage in the conflict-affected areas and novel data on the macroeconomy of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk … investments, improve the well-being of Ukrainian citizens and increase the opportunity costs of conflict. The systematic …
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Existing research has pointed to the decreasing effect of revolutions and wars on income inequality. It is unclear whether this reduction is the result of ongoing changes within countries before revolutions and wars or if the results are standalone effects. In this study, we focus on the case of...
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Prévenir les conflits internes nécessite une meilleure compréhension de la manière dont ils se forment et se propagent dans le temps et l'espace. Par rapport aux autres sciences sociales, l'économie n'a que très récemment investi ce champ d'étude. Comme pour rattraper son retard, nous...
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One of the Wehrmacht's main goals in the Caucasus were the oil fields. A special unit for the Caucasus operation was the "Technische Brigade Mineralöl" (Mineral Oil Technical Brigade). The large volume of surviving files from the TBM allows us to glean new insights into the German prisoner of...
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development during and after conflict. Many businesses survive violent conflict, and in some cases even thrive. Understanding … these successes will help policymakers to support the 'coping economy' during civil wars, and to understand better the post-conflict …
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We estimate the opportunity cost for Iran due to the Islamic revolution and eight years' war with Iraq (1978/79-1988). We apply the synthetic control method in order to compare Iran with a synthetic Iran and answer this counterfactual question. Our results show that, in total, an average Iranian...
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We review the main economic models of war and conflict. These models vary in details, but their implications are … qualitatively consistent, highlighting key commonalities across a variety of conflict settings. Recent empirical literature …, employing both laboratory and field data, in many cases confirms the basic implications of conflict theory. However, this …
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We investigate how oil dependence affects the trade of weapons between countries. We argue that oil-dependent economies have incentives to transfer arms to oil-rich countries to reduce their risk of instability and, as a result, the chances of disruption in the oil industry. We employ gravity...
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